Tobie Langel dixit: >iirc, the problem with CC0 is that the author explicitly retains all >patent rights (4a).
Right, and it doesn’t even grant a licence to use, except under specifically limited to copyright law and neighbouring rights. >Probably not a legal issue for such cases, but may >well be an import perception issue. Agreed. So it’s not a fix-all, but in specific cases like these (examples and the like) it works well. So, CC0 is basically just a tool to give up copyright, and anything else is just explicitly not touched (I read 4a not as “explicitly retaining” but as “we’re not going there, not even implicitly”; the same in net effect, but not in intent). Not completely helpful but matches CC’s general stance. bye, //mirabilos -- 22:20⎜<asarch> The crazy that persists in his craziness becomes a master 22:21⎜<asarch> And the distance between the craziness and geniality is only measured by the success 18:35⎜<asarch> "Psychotics are consistently inconsistent. The essence of sanity is to be inconsistently inconsistent _______________________________________________ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
