[Rd] unlicense

Brian G. Peterson brian at braverock.com
Wed Jan 18 14:23:39 CET 2017


On Tue, 2017-01-17 at 22:46 -0500, Kevin Ushey wrote:
> It appears that Unlicense is considered a free and GPL-compatible
> license; however, the page does suggest using CC0 instead (which is
> indeed a license approved / recognized by CRAN). CC0 appears to be
> the primary license recommended by the FSF for software intended for
> the public domain.

I'd second the recommendation for CC0.  Lawyers at IP-restrictive firms
I've worked for in the past have been OK with this license.

 - Brian



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