On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 01:45:02PM -0500, Andrew Ruscica wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 12:27:32AM -0800, Matthew Dempsky wrote: > > Dan Bernstein has placed qmail 1.03 into the public domain (see > > http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html). > > Might be worthwhile reading this (from a US legal perspective at least): > > "Why the Public Domain Isn't a License" (Linux Journal) > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6225 > > From the article: > "...there is nothing that permits the dumping of copyrighted works into > the public domain, except as happens in due course when any applicable > copyrights expire. Until those copyrights expire, no mechanism is in > the law by which an owner of software can simply elect to place it in > the public domain."
This is exactly what I mean in my mail.
