On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:33:41 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org said:
On 20-Feb-07, at 12:35 PM, Baishampayan Ghose wrote:
I was wrong in using the phrase ``public domain license'' as that indeed is an oxymoron. What I meant to say was that a 2 clause BSD style license is in effect almost equivalent to placing the software in the public domain.
no way, it is totally different - or do you recognise 'Public Domain' as GPL compatible or 'Free Software'?
Software placed in the public domain is compatible with the GPL, in that it can be combined with software licensed under the GPL, and since it provides the users with the four essential freedoms, it is also free software. It also happens to be OSS, since it meets the requirements of the definition of OSS.
manoj