Re: [dev] simple portscanner

On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 11:46:36AM -0500, Ray Kohler wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:37 AM, anonymous <aim0shei_AT_lavabit.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 02:04:37PM +0100, hiro wrote:
> >> licenses are stupid
> >>
> >
> > I agree. What should be done to place it into the public domain?
> > Will adding of "/* Public Domain */" into every source file be enough?
>
> Some parts of the world (I think DE is one of them) don't recognize
> the phrase "public domain" to mean anything in particular, so you have
> to write what you mean it to say. Something like "This software is in
> the public domain. That means that you can ..."
>
Here is a comment from SQLite 3 source code:
** The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of
** a legal notice, here is a blessing:
**
** May you do good and not evil.
** May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
** May you share freely, never taking more than you give.

expr.c from OpenBSD uses just
/* Public Domain */

pdksh has file LEGAL with this:
"
pdksh is provided AS IS, with NO WARRANTY, either expressed or implied.

The vast majority of the code that makes pdksh is in the public domain.
"

Here is what I have just found also: http://unlicense.org/. Probably
this is a good instruction for placing software into the public domain.
Received on Sat Jan 02 2010 - 17:39:13 UTC