[Buildroot] [PATCH 6/8] fontconfig: add license info

Luca Ceresoli luca at lucaceresoli.net
Mon Aug 27 09:42:34 UTC 2012


Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 08/22/12 02:39, Danomi Manchego wrote:
>> What about sqlite?  According to 
>> http://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html, it is "public domain". Should 
>> sqlite's license
>> also be "sqlite license", or "public domain"?
>
>  I'd use 'Public domain', it's a very specific and well-known legal 
> term.  It
> means the authors forfeit their copyright, and there are no 
> restrictions whatsoever
> on the use of the software.

I agree with Arnout. "public domain" is much more informative, and is not
ambiguous.

Luca





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