[License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

Bruce Perens bruce at perens.com
Fri Mar 2 03:56:45 UTC 2012


The fact that we have not resolved some questions doesn't mean that we 
don't have /any/ bright lines. I have previously published guidelines 
that would keep you far from any fuzzy issues, while allowing you to 
build whatever you wish.

On 03/01/2012 07:42 PM, John Cowan wrote:
> Which is as much to say, the wise person will use proprietary software 
> to the full extent he can afford it, because there is no issue of 
> copyright licensure, there is indemnity de facto or ex contractu from 
> patent lawsuits, etc. etc. This leads to a vast amount of 
> wheel-reinvention, but overall that is cheaper than defending lawsuits. 

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