unlicensed clojure code/jar/uberjar ?

[atkaaz]

Hi. Can I release my clojure code under unlicensed?
http://unlicense.org/

Maybe the code and the jar can be, right? But how about the uberjar which includes clojure itself which is under EPL?(for example I cannot dist the uberjar under GPL) Is my code being unlicensed like that work ok with clojure's EPL? Or does EPL prevent this? so in effect then I cannot distribute the uberjar, but can the jar or just my code

(by jar I mean lein jar)

(by uberjar I mean lein uberjar)

I'm reproducing the unlicensed text here for those who cannot(or don't want) to visit that website:

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
means.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
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For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>

[Michael Klishin]

2013/5/18 atkaaz <atk...@gmail.com>

Hi. Can I release my clojure code under unlicensed?
http://unlicense.org/

You can but it's not a very good idea. Not all countries have the notion of public domain.

It is extremely unlikely that folks in large companies will be able to use code released

under such an exotic license.

I'd recommend Eclipse Public License or Apache Public License 2 if you care about

your project adoption in circles other than hobbyists and free software radicals.

Take a look at http://blog.clojurewerkz.org/blog/2013/04/20/how-to-make-your-open-source-project-really-awesome/,

it has some thoughts about licensing.

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[atkaaz]

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Michael Klishin <michael....@gmail.com> wrote:

2013/5/18 atkaaz <atk...@gmail.com>

Hi. Can I release my clojure code under unlicensed?
http://unlicense.org/

You can but it's not a very good idea. Not all countries have the notion of public domain.

Could you elaborate on this:

It is extremely unlikely that folks in large companies will be able to use code released

under such an exotic license.

 

I'd recommend Eclipse Public License or Apache Public License 2 if you care about

your project adoption in circles other than hobbyists and free software radicals.

Take a look at http://blog.clojurewerkz.org/blog/2013/04/20/how-to-make-your-open-source-project-really-awesome/,

it has some thoughts about licensing.

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MK

http://github.com/michaelklishin
http://twitter.com/michaelklishin

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[Michael Klishin]

2013/5/18 atkaaz <atk...@gmail.com>

Could you elaborate on this:

It is extremely unlikely that folks in large companies will be able to use code released

under such an exotic license.

Their legal department won't let them because they are not familiar with

Unlicense and have no interest or time to investigate it.

[atkaaz]

I see what you mean about public domain  here for example: http://www.mingw.org/license

MinGW Runtime: All releases of the MinGW base runtime package, prior to release 4.0, have been placed in the public domain, and are not governed by copyright. This basically means that you can do what you like with the code.

Due to inadmissibility of the public domain concept, in certain jurisdictions, we have now chosen to adopt a MIT style license for the principal components of the MinGW runtime, from release 4.0 onwards; you may view this LICENSE, as it is filed in the source code repository.

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Michael Klishin <michael....@gmail.com> wrote:

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