Re: Public Domain for Germans
but I fail to see what a
I hereby place this work in the public domain.
fails to do.
In Germany there is no possibility to waive copyright.
You neither can give it to somebody other nor to the public.
So this attention is possibly void, and it's unsure, what a random German court
would decide.
It's not clear that use is enough; it doesn't specify copy,
modify, or redistribute rights.
Would this be enough?
In case this is not legally possible,
I grant any entity any right, which would require permission of the
copyright-holder
including but not limited to use, copy, modify and redistribute this work for
any purpose,
without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
or is a simple If it's not possible, I grant permission for everything enough?
If you have the option to decide on a license, it's probably far
simpler to *retain* copyright as per default, and grant the recipient
a do-just-about-anything license like the Expat license
Is there any problem with the by default Public Domain Declaration,
if there is a free licence as fallback?
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Re: Public Domain for Germans
I don't know of any default Public Domain Declaration. There are
countless variations, with none of them being common enough IME to
warrant default.
_by_ default, not default.
Why have the free license as fallback?
I advise you to simplify: Work *with* the fact that you've got
copyright,
and license the work accordingly.
After all this seems to be the best,
although I like the Idea to give up copyright.
But if one at example looks at the CC0-legaltext[0],
and what contortions it has to do to deal with strange laws,
a simple and readable normal licence seems much more desirable.
[0]http://labs.creativecommons.org/licenses/zero/1.0/legalcode
Thanks for all for clarifying this issue.
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Public Domain for Germans
Can I as a German use the following Public Domain-declaration-text,
if I want the result to be dfsg-free?
I, the creator of this work,
hereby release it into the public domain.
This applies worldwide.
In case this is not legally possible,
I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose,
without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
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