Yes, that's what I had in mind. So something like the French system minus copyright would approximate the BSD license. (I was thinking of Germany, which works

Yes, that's what I had in mind. So something like the French system minus copyright would approximate the BSD license. (I was thinking of Germany, which works similarly, if memory serves right. You also cannot release anything you write into the public domain by German law, though you can do legal moves that are essentially equivalent.)