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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