Comments on: I’m Lazy And I Need My Helpers http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2010/01/07/im-lazy-and-i-need-my-helpers/ babblings of a computer loving fool Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:52:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jrwren http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2010/01/07/im-lazy-and-i-need-my-helpers/comment-page-1/#comment-31204 jrwren Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:32:31 +0000 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/?p=915#comment-31204 Effectively that is what those "licenses" do is public domain something. It turns out that there is no legal way to declare something in the public domain. You can't just say "I release this into the public domain". Further, in some nations there is something called "moral rights", which also have no ability to be transferred. see the problem statement at http://creativecommons.org/about/cc0 for details. Effectively that is what those “licenses” do is public domain something. It turns out that there is no legal way to declare something in the public domain. You can’t just say “I release this into the public domain”. Further, in some nations there is something called “moral rights”, which also have no ability to be transferred.

see the problem statement at http://creativecommons.org/about/cc0 for details.

]]> By: encoded http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2010/01/07/im-lazy-and-i-need-my-helpers/comment-page-1/#comment-31203 encoded Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:54:19 +0000 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/?p=915#comment-31203 Oh, and btw- according a GPL guide I read somewhere (c) and the © symbol have no legal meaning. You have to actually say "copyright". Also FWIW. Oh, and btw- according a GPL guide I read somewhere (c) and the © symbol have no legal meaning. You have to actually say “copyright”. Also FWIW.

]]> By: encoded http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2010/01/07/im-lazy-and-i-need-my-helpers/comment-page-1/#comment-31202 encoded Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:53:39 +0000 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/?p=915#comment-31202 Or you could just public domain it, FWIW. Or you could just public domain it, FWIW.

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