Re: Draft HTML5 licensing survey

On Apr 26, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:

> On 25/04/11 04:33, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>> In this case, I have relevant first-hand knowledge. Specifically, I
>> expect poll survey from Apple representatives would support an MIT
>> license but not CC0.
> 
> Are you able to say why that is?

>From a legal perspective, we're uncomfortable with the effectively public-domain nature of CC0. MIT-style permissive copyright licenses also have a longer track record and are familiar and well-understood in the industry.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Wednesday, 27 April 2011 07:03:22 UTC