Licensing Question: Public Domain?

Hi Gang, I'm planning to package Norm Walsh's (aka Mr. DocBook) java catalog classes he wrote while working at Arbortext. The license simply says it's public domain (see below). Don't we need something that explicitly says we can redistribute this software? At least that's how I interpreted

Re: Licensing Question: Public Domain?

Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm planning to package Norm Walsh's (aka Mr. DocBook) java catalog classes he wrote while working at Arbortext. The license simply says it's public domain (see below). Don't we need something that explicitly says we can redistribute this software? See