Here's the problem, as I see it.
A lot of people misuse the terms "open source" and "public domain". They
say "open source" when they mean source-available (it may not be open, if
it is not as I describe "freedom-compliant"), and they say "public domain"
when they mean freeware.
When I say something is public domain, I add the phrase "all copyrights
are disclaimed" to make it clear and unambiguous that it is indeed "public
domain" that I meant and intended. In one case I also added a CC0 logo to
make it not only doubly but triply clear what my intention was (in a sort
of Lewis Carrollian "what I say three times is true").
Err on the side of caution, IMO: if the intent is ambiguous, assume the
less free interpretation.
-uso.
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