That's not true. Codeberg hosts public domain and CC0 projects.
According to the Codeberg docs:[1]
> For documentation, writing, and other non-code assets, a Creative Commons (CC) licence can be used, but note that only the following CC licences are considered free (sorted from protective to unconditional):
> - CC-BY-SA
> - CC-BY
> - CC0
> Like CC themselves, Codeberg recommends against using a CC licence on code.[2]
CC0 is classified by the FSF under "Free licenses, compatible with the GNU GPL", so Codeberg definitely accepts CC0 projects.[3] Also, licenses such as the Unlicense (which is approved by both the FSF and the OSI) make it easy to dedicate code to the public domain with a legal fallback for jurisdictions that do not recognize the public domain.[4]
Public domain repos exist on Codeberg, for example:
According to the Codeberg docs:[1]
> For documentation, writing, and other non-code assets, a Creative Commons (CC) licence can be used, but note that only the following CC licences are considered free (sorted from protective to unconditional):
> - CC-BY-SA
> - CC-BY
> - CC0
> Like CC themselves, Codeberg recommends against using a CC licence on code.[2]
CC0 is classified by the FSF under "Free licenses, compatible with the GNU GPL", so Codeberg definitely accepts CC0 projects.[3] Also, licenses such as the Unlicense (which is approved by both the FSF and the OSI) make it easy to dedicate code to the public domain with a legal fallback for jurisdictions that do not recognize the public domain.[4]
Public domain repos exist on Codeberg, for example:
- https://codeberg.org/streams/streams (public domain declaration)
- https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep (CC0)
- https://codeberg.org/youngchief/feddy (Unlicense)
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[1] https://docs.codeberg.org/getting-started/licensing/
[2] https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-comm...
[3] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
[4] https://unlicense.org