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Canadian Alternatives: A collection of Canadian alternatives to common Internet services in the spirit of the various Awesome lists. (codeberg.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

License?The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from which the work is published, or (b) hereby dedicates whatever copyright the dedicators holds in the work of authorship identified below (the "Work") to the public domain. A certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright interest he may have in the associated work, and for these purposes, is described as a "dedicator" below.

A certifier has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status of this work. Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not shield him from liability if in fact the work certified is not in the public domain.

Dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicator intends this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights under copyright law, whether vested or contingent, in the Work. Dedicator understands that such relinquishment of all rights includes the relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise) those copyrights in the Work.

Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or conceived.

Source.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I searched for your licence and believe it is the "Copyright-Only Dedication (based on United States law) or Public Domain Certification 1.0 United States" licence which isn't recommended for use by the people who wrote it. It also seems like it's only applicable within the United States, which I'm going to assume you don't want. They have a licence chooser you can use to find a recommended licence. The OP suggested one from this list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

You are right, I think it might worth suggesting it to the author on codeberg.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Edit: https://lemmy.ca/post/39897968/14863180

~~Yes, your license is self written~~. Use a standard license like the one I mentioned, and it'll allow people to have better understanding of the legal consequences, such that the content is actually suitable for use in other creative works.

For example, what happens if there are conflicts in laws with the license, which jurisdiction is the default? What is the legal status of derivative works?

There's too many unknowns, and for that reason, anyone understanding copyright law would entirely avoid using your content.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

your license

I am not the project leader.

There's too many unknowns

Public domain?

You can do with the project what ever you want with no restrictions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Some countries won't allow you to declare your work to be in the public domain (although Canada isn't one of them). Declaring it CC-0 does about the same thing while working around that issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)
  1. Lol, then you should have just said from the start that you don't control the creative work rather than trying to argue.
  2. Anybody who understands copyright law will never use a self written license. Although another commenter has said the license does have a standard author. Therefore, the creative work is not merely licensed under public domain. I'm not providing legal advice, so you'll have to do your own research.