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"public domain" is not a license.

• MikeCapone 16y ago
  It's still a legal creation that acts as a license.
  • sp332 16y ago
    Not in all jurisdictions. In some places, you can never abjure all of your rights (or responsibilities) as owner of intellectual property.
    • joubert 16y ago
      I'm curious, in which jurisdictions are you not able to generate IP that you choose not to own?
      • eru 16y ago
        Germany.
        • joubert 16y ago
          so does this mean that nothing created in germany can be in the public domain in germany / europe?
          • sp332 16y ago
            Yes. You made it, you own it. (Until you explicitly transfer ownership to someone else.)
            • eru 16y ago
              And then you still retain the moral right, or something like that.
  • eru 16y ago
    In some countries.