Darren Benham writes: > I thought I saw a conversation somewhere that said saying a license "is > in the public domain" isn't good enough.
I think that a court would interpret "I place this work in the public domain" as "I grant everyone everywhere unlimited irrevocable permission to make and distribute complete and/or partial copies of this work". This is, IMHO, not the same as public domain. The latter status can only be achieved through the passage of sufficient time. > What is Debian's position on this WRT the DFSG? I think it should be acceptable but deprecated. Licenses that say things like "This work is released into the public domain under the GPL" are another problem entirely. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
