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I read the page: > You are free to use this software in any way, for any purpose. This is a license. It can't possibly be anything else. It's a simple, permis

by cbd1984 12y ago

I read the page: > You are free to use this software in any way, for any purpose. This is a license. It can't possibly be anything else. It's a simple, permissive license, but it's a license. Them claiming it isn't a license is nonsense.

distantsounds 12y ago
...are you arguing with yourself?
- cbd1984 12y ago
  > ...are you arguing with yourself? You don't? No, I'm expanding on my thoughts. I explained the general idea first, and then described what was actually going on. The fact they don't know what a license is doesn't invalidate anything I said.
anon3_ 12y ago
Is public domain a license, or is it no license? I'm wondering the same thing.
- cbd1984 12y ago
  > Is public domain a license, or is it no license? Public domain means nobody owns the copyright to that work. Anyone can use it for any purpose whatsoever, because there's nobody to tell them they can't. So, no, it's not a license. It's putting something in a category where a license wouldn't even make sense.
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  "Public domain" is a legal status. A public domain dedication is a statement intended to create that legal status, but may in legal effect be actually a form of gratuitous license and/or promise not to sue.
Nursie 12y ago
>> It's a simple, permissive license, but it's a license. I don't think it's that permissive - it could be interpreted as a license to use the software, but it makes no explicit allowance for redistribution.