On 7 February 2011 11:22, Sebastian Wiesner <lunaryorn@googlemail.com> wrote:
2011/2/7 Lukáš Jirkovský <l.jirkovsky@gmail.com>:
I think Creative Commons is a good choice for PKGBUILDs in AUR. It can be almost as permissible as public domain while still valid in most jurisdictions (actually I don't know any where it isn't).
Creative Commons itself does not recommend CC licences for software [1], and – being written in bash – PKGBUILDs arguably qualify as "software".
[1] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Commons_license_for...
I think most PKGBUILDs are too simple to be considered software. Even then the fact CC is not recommend for software doesn't mean it's prohibited. In my opinion the license should be as permissive as possible. Given the fact some already mentioned using public domain suggests I'm not the only one who thinks so. The problem is that public domain isn't valid in many jurisdictions. CC is. Lukas