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Re^17: Why non-core CPAN modules can't be used in large corporate environments.by tirwhan (Abbot) |
on Dec 07, 2005 at 17:46 UTC ( [id://514934]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
In actual practice I do cite my sources And I did not mean to imply anything else, I was talking about the theoretical "if you", as were you. If you do decide to release your code as public domain you need to be aware of some things:
In general, I think both author and user are much better off with software that has a clear free license than software which is public domain. There are reasons why OS licenses are far more popular than public domain declarations these days. I should also clarify that I am not a fan of copyright law at all. It would make me very happy if copyright law in it's entirety were abolished tomorrow. But given the laws are what they are at the moment the only possibility to keep software as free as possible is to use one of the FLOSS licenses out there. Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -- Brian W. Kernighan
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