On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Paul Norman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Neither of those is public domain. I know for individuals there can be > issues releasing data into the public domain, but if a government’s lawyers > feel their data is public domain, I generally just take them at their word. > > If the data is public domain then a simple statement that the data is > public domain should be enough. With PD you’re not actually licensing the > data, you’re stating that it’s not covered by copyright and there aren’t > any exclusive rights that need licensing. > Sadly it's not that simple. Public domain can only be works of the US federal government (for use within the US specifically), or where copyright has expired, and I'm sure a few other edge cases. Whether you like it or not, in the US, unless you're an employee of the US federal government, you can't release works into the public domain. That's what CC0 is for. Read more here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#PublicDomainSoftware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_software -Josh
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