Rick, CC is a cultural works organization and I agree it doesn't appear that they intended software to be the main use of CC0. But artistic works can be infringing of machine, process, and composition patents, especially the leading-edge stuff that CC is so often applied to. Quantel, for example, tried to patent some digital paint-brush effects. Thanks Bruce -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bruce.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 266 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/attachments/20120220/58c5a6c1/attachment.vcf> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 4447 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/attachments/20120220/58c5a6c1/attachment.p7s>