From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 11:27:32 AM UTC+11, Joe Monk wrote:   
      
   > > Semantic debate though. What would be the difference   
   > > between public ownership and no ownership?   
      
   > Well for example, government buildings are publicly owned.   
      
   Work produced by the Australian government is copyrighted   
   by "the crown". That is the equivalent of government buildings.   
   They are owned by a subset of the public. An entity called   
   "the (Australian/American) government".   
      
   Public domain software is not owned by a government. It   
   is owned by the public in its entirety, worldwide.   
      
   But again, if you want to say "unowned" instead of "owned   
   by the globe", that's fine. I don't actually understand any   
   difference between those two concepts.   
      
   With the exception that "unowned" implies that someone   
   might be able to pick it up and claim ownership under the   
   principle "finders keepers, losers weepers".   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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