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> i.e., a license is preferable to a public domain dedication Are we that easy to fool by lawyers? The public domain is the public domain. Before someone comes
by vasco 5y ago
> i.e., a license is preferable to a public domain dedication
Are we that easy to fool by lawyers? The public domain is the public domain. Before someone comes out and says that the concept of dedicating IP to the public domain doesn't exist in some countries or is full of hidden perils, I'll ask you to provide a single case where code was attributed to the public domain and that became a problem for the author or for the users.
- Doctor_Fegg 5y ago> The public domain is the public domain “I place this in the public domain” has a significantly different meaning in British English.
- bicolao 5y agoWhat does it mean in British English?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- Doctor_Fegg 5y agoIt relates to availability, not copyright. “Not secret” instead of “not copyrighted”. So if you say “the facts are in the public domain” in BrE, that might mean that they’ve been published in a newspaper. It doesn’t mean anything about their copyright status.
- feeela 5y agoStill, in any other sane country on this planet, works in the public domain are to be used however one want's to.