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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.