Lack of patent rights waiver in CC0 cited as problematic
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml
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I don’t see why they should be against it, CC0 is basically public domain

@davidlunadeleon@lemmy.ml
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If the creator of the work holds a patent related to it, even if it’s licensed under CC0, they can sue you for infringing on their patent. The article links a good explanation: https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1393

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