> Le 20/10/2022 09:30 CEST, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> a écrit : > > > >> 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?
I'm not seeing clearly into what that means for us. LSR is based in Italy (hosted on a server provided by the University of Milan). If a German citizen contributes a snippet, which definition of 'public domain' applies?