>> You just don't become the copyright owner of the code, i.e., the >> copyright header in the source repository should give the name of >> the original author. > > I have to correct myself. This is not correct, since copyright > doesn't exist for something in the public domain (as opposed to > something released under a permissive license). So the file headers > need not mention any copyright at all, if the code is unmodified.
BTW, the term 'public domain' is problematic in Europe, since this US law construct doesn't necessarily mean the same in all countries, in particular not in Germany.[*] Maybe it should be changed to CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed) for further contributions? Werner [*] https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/2711/what-are-the-limitations-of-cc0-vs-public-domain
