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> Enforce what The license. Public domain and open source are distinct, IMO, legally, and with regards to communities (or lack thereof). > Public domain softw
by overfeed 8mo ago
> Enforce what
The license. Public domain and open source are distinct, IMO, legally, and with regards to communities (or lack thereof).
> Public domain software can be open source.
Maybe? I can't name a single public domain project off the top of my head, but I can name at least a couple for each of the Apache, BSD-/MIT-style[1] or GPL licenses.
- cap11235 8mo agoSqlite is public domain
- overfeed 8mo agoU can't believe I didn't know this! I got curious on how they solved contributions since "public domain" means different things in different jurisdictions[0] - unlike copyright. It turns out they didn't solve it - there's a subsection on the SQLite that declares it is "Open Source, nor Open Contribution[1]". Much like Android, this follows the letter of Open Source, but not the spirit of it. I'll stand by my earlier assertion; wrangling public domain AI contributions is an even gnarlier problem to solve. 0. Indeed, it may even be non-existent. Maintainers would want to protect the project from being "infected" by contributions with permaglued-copyright. 1. https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html