From: gneuner2@comcast.net   
      
   On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:14:13 +0800, "Paul Edwards"   
    wrote:   
      
   >"BGB"  wrote in message   
   >news:vaoach$3l2k0$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >> AFAIK, whether declaring something as public domain is legally   
   >> recognized depends on jurisdiction. I think this is why CC0 exists.   
   >   
   >And if you believe that, then you're welcome to say that this   
   >is public domain, but you may follow the CC0 license instead   
   >if you wish.   
      
   BGB is correct: not all countries recognize the notion of "public   
   domain".   
      
   In WIPO convention countries it generally is possible to release a   
   work under a license that explicitly grants all rights, but the result   
   is not quite the same as placing the work in public domain.  Without a   
   legal notion of "public domain" it is not possible for an author to   
   give up the rights afforded by the (automatic) Berne convention   
   copyright.   
      
   [Of course every country is a WIPO or Berne signatory ... but most   
   recognize one or both conventions.]   
      
   So if you really want a work to be freely usable anywhere in the   
   world, you can declare it as "public domain" for those countries that   
   recognize that notion ... but for everywhere else you have to provide   
   an alternative license that explicitly grants all rights.   
      
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