Creative Commons Zero Licence
We use the Creative Commons Zero "Licence" (CC0) for our documentation site (and its contents).
About the Licence
According to Creative Commons, CC0 is a public-domain dedication that acts as a best-effort attempt to opt out of copyright and database protection and the exclusive rights automatically granted to creators.
The problem with publishing any work as "truly" public domain is that many countries have restrictions on what rights you can waive and how you should declare a work as public domain, if that's possible at all. The CC0 provides the best (and most complete) alternative, allowing anyone to relinquish as many rights as legally possible, while skipping any complex registration processes.
Our Mindset
This section encompasses our own opinions. We're sure some people will disagree with us, but we're firm in our beliefs — so find something else to spend your energy on other rather than trying to change our minds!
We only use the CC0 for projects where another licence could cause serious issues for our users.
We use the CC0 with the documentation site because it contains many code examples, snippets of useful information, and quotable passages. We didn't want another licence to potentially interfere with our users' projects in situations where they need to refer to our documentation, and we wanted to enable them to copy any relevant code snippets into their projects as needed.
Our Interpretation
This licence is uncomplicated — you can do whatever you like with our documentation, without restriction.
However, please note that the CC0 doesn't surrender any trademark rights — you can't take our documentation and then claim to be us. We also don't take kindly to scammers attempting to sell copies of our documentation — most jurisdictions would make that illegal.
Questions and Concerns
If you have any questions regarding Kord Extensions and its licencing, please feel free to contact us via any of our community spaces.
If you have any questions about the CC0's wording or how to use it, Creative Commons provides an FAQ, a list of considerations, and a summary.
If those links don't help, you can also contact them directly.