Open aucampia opened 4 years ago
Thank you for raising this. CC0 is not a license (or to be more precise, it is a license if and only if the public domain dedication is unenforceable in a given jurisdiction). That means it does not operate in the same way as the licenses in this regard. If CC0 is applied to a work, the work is no longer subject to copyright, so it wouldn't be appropriate to apply a CC license to it. We will update this FAQ that you cited here to make this clear.
I am an outreachy applicant can I work on this? @sarahpearson
Thanks, but this one will have to be handled by CC's legal department.
Problem Description
I know the CC0 has it's own FAQ - but some phrases in the FAQ is unclear to me at least on whether they apply to CC0 or not.
I'm no lawyer, and I don't quite know if dual-licensing of CC0 is possible or not or if the public domain dedication is exclusive or not. I think if the text above does not apply to CC0 (which I think it may not) then it should be made clearer.
Proposed Solution
Make it clear whether CC0 is included in statements like "All CC licenses"