----- Original Message -----
> From: "MZMcBride" <[email protected]>

> The Open Source Initiative doesn't seem to really like the idea:
> <http://opensource.org/faq#cc-zero>.
> 
> A number of former and current contributors (notably Lee Daniel Crocker)
> have released their creative works and inventions into the public domain:
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lee_Daniel_Crocker>.
> 
> I've always found CC-Zero and its surrounding arguments to be pretty
> stupid. I release most of the code I write into the public domain
> (though most of it lacks sufficient creativity in any case).

My understanding is that CC-Zero exists *because "the public domain" does 
not exist in the IP law of many countries*.

Cheers,
-- jra
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