Releasing software into the public domain is tricky.
I don't know a good way to do that, without running the risk that big company M will take the software, get a patent on it, and then sue me for writing my own software. Disclaimer: this is an over-simplification.
I wanted to point out that simply releasing code into the public domain can bite back. I use the MIT license because it's as close as possible. The BSD license has too much baggage due to that stupid advertising clause in the old 4-clause version.
I don't know a good way to do that, without running the risk that big company M will take the software, get a patent on it, and then sue me for writing my own software. Disclaimer: this is an over-simplification.
I wanted to point out that simply releasing code into the public domain can bite back. I use the MIT license because it's as close as possible. The BSD license has too much baggage due to that stupid advertising clause in the old 4-clause version.