From: gneuner2@comcast.net   
      
   On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 06:49:49 -0400, George Neuner   
    wrote:   
      
   >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   
               ^ not   
      
   >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.   
      
      
   Sorry, should have been "... not every country ..."   
      
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