Comments on: copyright and rights to copy http://wonkabar.org/archives/378 linux, databases, cartoons and cornflakes Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: numerodix http://wonkabar.org/archives/378#comment-30040 numerodix Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:46:19 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/archives/378#comment-30040 I would add a caveat here to say that you have to be careful what words you use and where you use them, because people have all kinds of different expectations. When you say "unrestrictive" that rings like "public domain" in my ears, which is far "less" restrictive than free software licenses are. On the other hand, when you say "licensing" that is in effect what we are doing with our software, so it all depends on what definition you're using. I would add a caveat here to say that you have to be careful what words you use and where you use them, because people have all kinds of different expectations.

When you say “unrestrictive” that rings like “public domain” in my ears, which is far “less” restrictive than free software licenses are.

On the other hand, when you say “licensing” that is in effect what we are doing with our software, so it all depends on what definition you’re using.

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