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> Any content dated prior to June 30, 2025 and credited to NOAA Climate.gov is in the public domain [and] can be freely re-used with proper attribution. What a

• abetusk 3mo ago
  Yeah, that is odd. Maybe a mistake? I don't think this is what's going on here but CC0 was expressly created because not every jurisdiction had a concept of "public domain", so a special license was needed to make sure it acted as if it were in the public domain for those cases. From a CC0 FAQ [0]: > Do I have to attribute the person who applied CC0 to their work? > No, there is no legal requirement that you attribute the affirmer ... From a Berlin Universities Publishing FAQ [1]: > ... Since a waiver of copyright protection is not possible under German copyright law, CC0 is equivalent to a waiver of all possible rights and legal claims by the creator. But, regardless, public domain or CC0 doesn't need attribution whether it's in the US or Germany. [0] https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ#What_is_the_difference_between_CC0_and_the_Public_Domain_Mark_.28.22PDM.22.29.3F https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ#What_is_the_di... [1] https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/en/beratung/lizenzen/cc-lizenzen-fragen/cc-lizenzen-was-ist-cc0.html https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/en/beratung/li...
• pvaldes 3mo ago
  > Why would you need attribution? Many Bothans died, or even worse were fired, to bring us this information A little appreciation to the people that were prosecuted just for being scientists, vomiting at the sea all day long, would be a nice detail.