I am not in the usa but in Europe, public domain is not yet really 'legal' like you said. Yet there are so much initiatives using one of CCO/PD/BOLA/WTFPL that public domain is a 'De Facto'. The only people who have problems with it are governments and lawyer they will have to accept it eventually.
As I said I'm not searching for an alternative to PD, but to find out what kind of document I could ask contributors to make it be more 'legal'. thanks, johann > -----Original Message----- > From: for...@david-woolley.me.uk > Sent: Fri, 03 May 2013 10:26:34 +0100 > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] public domain recognition > > johann Sorel wrote: > >> I'm searching for the best course of action to develop a project in >> 'public domain'. >> I've read the FAQ and different threads on PD and CC0 in the archive. >> Basicaly the OSI do not recommand using PD/CCO. So ... I don't care, >> since it's the right choice for my objective. >> > > The best way is to work for the US government. Even then, the work may > still be copyright work outside the USA. I believe it debatable as to > whether an ordinary person can put something into the public domain, > other than by dying and waiting for 70 years, in the USA, and it is > almost certain that they can't do so in Europe. > > There are no international conventions on public domain, so a public > domain declaration in one country may not have any effect in another, > whereas a copyright one would. > > You would be much better advised to use a short licence that gave > permission to do almost anything under your copyright rights. > > Even in the USA, I think it has been suggested that public domain > dedications don't absolve you of responsibility for consequential > damages, so retaining copyright and attempting to disclaim warranty is > generally considered safer. > > > -- > David Woolley > Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. > RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, > that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@opensource.org > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
