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With respect to the Unlicense, does anybody have any knowledge about how good it is in countries which don't allow you to intentionally pass things into the public domain (most countries that aren't the US)? How does it compare to CC0 in that respect?

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Which license would you recommend to release this software under to reach the broad adoption yet permissive terms, if not the Unlicense?

I honestly don't know. That's why the question :-) Is CC0 good for software? It seems to be a bit more complete from a non-US view point, but I don't know if there are lurking situations. Possibly MIT is better -- it's pretty darn permissive. I'm really just soliciting opinions.

Yes, CC0 is the only Creative Commons License suitable for software. It's endorsed by the Free Software Foundation [1], although not the Open Source Initiative. I use it for everything that I don't want to copyleft.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#PublicDomain

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