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pzo a day ago

They overcomplicate by using 3-4 different (sub) license in one project:

in README:

Licenses - The sample code is released under Apple Sample Code License.

- The data is released under CC-by-NC-ND.

- The models are released under Apple ML Research Model Terms of Use.

Acknowledgements

- We use and acknowledge contributions from multiple open-source projects in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS."

in repo file LICENSE LICENSE_MODEL

why making it so confusing and elaborate? Its so useless to even use by 3rd party devs for making apps and releasing on their platform. So then just make it one license with the most strict restrictions you can make AGPL and/or CC-by-NC-ND .

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brookst a day ago | parent | next [-]

They could have transformed it from insane to sublime by slapping a highly restrictive license on the readme itself. Seriously missed opportunity.

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guipsp a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It complicated, but it's not overcomplicated. CC is not adequate for code and I belive that none of the code is GPL so your suggestion regarding AGPL is strange.

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generalizations a day ago | parent [-]

Why isn't CC-by-NC-ND adequate for code? Kinda makes sense IMO and the summary looks useful?

> CC-BY-NC-ND is a type of Creative Commons license that allows others to use a work non-commercially, but they cannot modify it or create derivative works. This means the original work can be shared, but it must remain unchanged and cannot be used for commercial purposes.

Notwithstanding it's only applied to the data in this case, it sure looks like a useful license for code.

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tpmoney a day ago | parent [-]

> Why isn't CC-by-NC-ND adequate for code? Kinda makes sense IMO and the summary looks useful?

Because the Creative Commons folks themselves say it’s not because it doesn’t cover a number of software specific edge cases.

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generalizations 16 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm curious what those are. I've never heard that before.

	▲	tpmoney 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-comm... TLDR CC licenses don't cover source code distribution, patent concerns and general incompatibility with other software licenses.