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The public domain tri-license
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Sometimes, for small pieces of code, I use a special license header that goes like this:

/* Released as public domain, or licensed under
 * either CC0 or the MIT/X11, whichever gives
 * you the most rights in your legislation.
 */

Now, there's a few things in here:

  • For many countries, the public domain clause will suffice
  • In those where it doesn't the CC0 license will ensure that "public domain"-like rights are granted
  • The MIT license is useless, but it's there to give those people who don't know about CC0 an idea of what they get
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