[License-discuss] Shortest copyleft licence

[Tzeng, Nigel H.]

On 3/31/15, 3:24 PM, "Rick Moen" <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:


>Quoting Tzeng, Nigel H. (Nigel.Tzeng at jhuapl.edu):
>
>> Or perhaps they simply wish software licenses were as easy to understand
>> and use as the creative commons ones.
>
>Yes, it's common to wish that highly technical fields (such as law) were
>simple.
>
>Very small benefit, large downside as shown by those who've gotten this
>wrong.

Creative Commons seems successful and it does not appear that they have
³gotten this wrong².

>> It should be as easy as SC-BY-SA 1.0 with a clear english (or whatever)
>> description without some debatable political/social agenda behind it all
>> like with the FSF/GPL.
>
>A copyleft licence without a political/social agenda?  I'll await this
>with interest.

CC-BY-SA

Sufficiently apolitical for me without manifestos, widely accepted and
used.