From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-03-12T08:04:27+09:00
Subject: Re: GUI With Ruby

On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:39:23AM +0900, I. P. wrote:
> Eleanor McHugh DE I. P.
> 
> EM> absolutely no need for attribution.
> It's correct only for USA (and probably few other countries). In most
> jurisdiction public domain works require attribution.

Oddly enough, licenses that include attribution requirements are legally
often very good choices if you don't want any attribution requirement.
By failing to provide any self-attribution in the copyrightable work
and/or the license, you end up requiring that all existing attribution
(namely, none) be maintained in future redistributions.  Public domain,
meanwhile, makes no statement about attribution at all -- which can get
you in hot water if you don't provide any attribution, since it is
generally assumed that even where distribution is not controlled,
attribution is still necessary for an honest representation of the
circumstances of distribution.

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