[Fedora-legal-list] License tag to use for CC0 1.0 Universal?

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 11/17/2009 02:01 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>>>> "TC" == Tom \"spot\" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> writes:
> 
> TC> It probably merits a separate entry, because it is a rather thorough
> TC> public domain declaration.
> 
> Does this have any of the issues that public domain has with respect to
> people who live in countries where they cannot disclaim all of their
> rights?  It looks like it doesn't with the "to the extent allowable by
> law" clause.  If that's the case, should we recommend that folks use CC0
> instead of simple public domain declarations when there have been issues
> with the latter?  I know in the past folks have suggested "something
> like the WTFPL" for French citizens who wished to release code to the
> public domain but could not.

I'd still recommend that folks looking to to Public Domain declarations
consider using a permissive license like MIT instead of abandoning their
copyright entirely, but CC0 is significantly better than other public
domain declarations.

~spot