Don't put your software in the public domain

Robin Becker robin at reportlab.com
Thu Jun 2 08:52:34 EDT 2016


On 02/06/2016 07:41, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Licensing_and_Law/public-domain.html
>
> From that:
>> It might be ruled to create a global licence for unrestricted use. That
>> licence might or might not then be adjudicated to be revocable by subsequent
>> copyright owners (heirs, divorcing spouses, creditors).
.....
I'm surprised the tax man doesn't have a say; if I disclaim any property/right 
in the UK it might be thought of as an attempt to evade death duties, taxes 
always outlive death :(

-- 
Robin Becker




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