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> MOst of the CP/M stuff is on the Internet and some is public domain by now. Sure? AFAIK something can only be considered public domain in one of the followin
by marcodiego 5y ago
> MOst of the CP/M stuff is on the Internet and some is public domain by now.
Sure? AFAIK something can only be considered public domain in one of the following conditions:
- author explicitly uses public domain as a license,
- 120 after publication,
- 120 after registration,
- 95 years after publication if it is corporate work or
- 75 years after the death of the author; whatever comes first.
- rtpg 5y agoIs copyright law dating uniform at this point? I wouldn't be surprised if it is... one thing I remember reading On The Internet a while back was a theory (from a lawyer I believe?) that stated that you can't just say you put something in the public domain, and have it then be in the public domain. Like, you can choose to explicitly grant rights of usage, but simply writing "I am putting this work in the public domain" doesn't actually do anything, and is functionally very close to being the same as "all rights reserved". I don't know if it's true though. I suppose we're fortunate that "nobody around to care" helps in practice for these kinds of conservation efforts that are victimless crimes at best.
- foepys 5y agoThis is correct. Public Domain is a concept unknown to the EU. You can never waive your copyright, only give permission to use to everybody. It's one of the reasons why SQLite sells licenses even though it's released as Public Domain. https://sqlite.org/purchase/license https://sqlite.org/purchase/license
- colejohnson66 5y agoBut why not CC0? That basically just grants an indefinite royalty-free license if public domain isn’t an option.