> If you want a public-domain-equivalent license, write something like this: > > (Some credit goes to Anthony DeRobertis. I've been trying to refine > this; it would be nice to have a 'standard' one. Ideally we'd get a > 'sounds good' from at least one common-law and at least one civil-law > lawyer.) > > -- > I hereby grant to everyone (any person whatsoever) a perpetual, > irrevocable, royalty-free license to modify, use, copy, distribute, > perform, and/or sell this work (modified or unmodified); and to exercise > any other rights (present or future) regarding this work which are > exclusive to me (or my successors or heirs) under law, to the fullest > extent possible under the law. > > It is my intent that this work be treated as if the work had entered the > public domain, or been ineligible for copyright. The license grant > above is designed to acheive this goal in as many jurisdictions as > possible. If it is possible, I dedicate this work to the public domain. > If it is possible, I relinquish my copyright in the work. > --
That looks pretty nice. I think, I will stick to that, if I don't get any futher suggestions. Although I still like my initial draft, because it avoids all enumerations. > There's additional language in the Creative Commons public domain > dedication which might be useful when adapted, because it spells out > "No, I really know what I'm doing!": No, I won't include the following. I don't want to pay tribute to those, who blur law by pretending to lack common sense. > A dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large > and to the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicators > intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in > perpetuity of all present and future rights under copyright law, whether > vested or contingent, in the Work. Dedicator understand that such > relinquishment of all rights includes the relinquishment of all rights > to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise) those copyrights in the Work. > > Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work > may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, > built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial > or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not > yet been invented or conceived. > -- > > Anyone else want to work on a 'public domain equivalent license'? > > Hope this helps, Yes, indeed it does. > --Nathanael Nerode > Harald
