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Re: [pygame] PCR & other notes
Pete Shinners wrote:
sylvain also mentioned a license issue. i think GPL is too restrictive
for something like a code cookbook. even BSD requires "credit to
author", which is nice but i don't think should be required. currently
the pcr is "public domain" which means you can do anything to anyone
with the code. if there's a more appropriate license that defines this
we could switch to that?
IANAL (but this is a pretty common issue)
Putting code into the public domain still leaves the author exposed to liability in certain jurisdictions. For code that is to be made as free as possible while protecting the author, the 2-term BSD license or the X11 license (attached) are usually preferred as they include a liability disclaimer.
Both are compatible with the GPL (unlike the 3-term BSD license, for example). I.e you may take code under one of these licenses, modify it and release the modified version under the GPL (though you still must comply with the terms of the original license).
-d
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