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Canadian Alternatives: A collection of Canadian alternatives to common Internet services in the spirit of the various Awesome lists. (codeberg.org)

submitted 5 months ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

This is amazing. Though I would recommend licensing under something like CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0.

While you are entitled to write your own license, nobody who is familiar with copyright licensing will ever use your material, as the license isn't commonly recognized.

[-] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Also for web hosting: https://peaceworks.ca/

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 4 points 5 months ago

This. People write all sorts of cute-sounding licenses that deter people from contributing or forking because of the unknown legal consequences.

[+] Tea@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

I searched for your licence and believe it is the "Copyright-Only Dedication (based on United States law) or Public Domain Certification 1.0 United States" licence which isn't recommended for use by the people who wrote it. It also seems like it's only applicable within the United States, which I'm going to assume you don't want. They have a licence chooser you can use to find a recommended licence. The OP suggested one from this list.

[-] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Edit: https://lemmy.ca/post/39897968/14863180

~~Yes, your license is self written~~. Use a standard license like the one I mentioned, and it'll allow people to have better understanding of the legal consequences, such that the content is actually suitable for use in other creative works.

For example, what happens if there are conflicts in laws with the license, which jurisdiction is the default? What is the legal status of derivative works?

There's too many unknowns, and for that reason, anyone understanding copyright law would entirely avoid using your content.