From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-07-11T00:04:49+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: GPL - was Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:05:37PM +0900, David Douthitt wrote:
> If you want the least restrictive "license" available, then your work
> should be placed into the public domain.  Somehow, that doesn't seem to
> be very popular....

Just because of liability issues I think. The one restriction people want is
"you cannot sue me for any consequential damage from using this software"

Whether you could sue someone for consequential damage from public domain
software, though, I very much doubt.

Regards,

Brian.