Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] EmbeddedPkg: Fix various typos

["Leif Lindholm" <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>]

On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 07:03:37AM -0700, Cœur wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 09:01 PM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Urgh, don't make me elaborate on the implications of public domain
> > versus copyright... If you're interested, have a look at
> > https://wiki.spdx.org/view/Legal_Team/Decisions/Dealing_with_Public_Domain_within_SPDX_Files
> > 
> 
> This link says:
> 
> > Some commonly used “Public Domain dedications” have already been included in the SPDX License List (e.g., ANTLR, Sax, CC-0).
> 
> And CC-0 was what I was proposing; I'm aware of the difference with
> American Public Domain, as, for the record, I'm an elected Wikipedia
> Administrator, so I've also had my share of licensing questions.

That is a very fair point, but see also:
3. The rules around “Public Domain” often vary or are unspecified
   jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Adding to the confusion, some
   jurisdictions may not even recognize the concept of “Public Domain”
   (or similar). As such, a license may nevertheless be required or
   implied in these cases.

We already have *some* public domain code in the tree, and are trying
to figure out what to do about that.

Basically, we are quite heavily dependent on corporate contributors,
and we need to keep things simple for them (and their legal
departments).

> Anyway, BSD+Patent is really fine by me.

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Leif