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> CC0 is an explicit attempt to emulate public domain in license form, isn't it? Public domain is something different from an emulation of "there is no copyrig
by aleph_minus_one 11d ago
> CC0 is an explicit attempt to emulate public domain in license form, isn't it?
Public domain is something different from an emulation of "there is no copyright":
You can take public domain material to build some program binary:
- In the current legal system, you can enforce restrictions on the usage of this binary, and can forbid redistribution, reverse-engineering, ...
- In a "no copyright world", you cannot enforce such restrictions.
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- otterley 11d ago> In the current legal system, you can enforce restrictions on the usage of this binary [from a public domain source], and can forbid redistribution, reverse-engineering IAAL and am pretty familiar with U.S. copyright law, and am curious where support for this proposition in the law is found. Can you provide sources, please?
- aleph_minus_one 10d agoI don't know the US law (I live in Germany), but the intuition is clear: 1. Take some CC0/public domain source code. 2. Build a binary out of it and sell licenses for your software. Case study: SQLite's source code is public domain. On the other hand, it is embedded in many commercial software products that are sold - and you are not allowed to reverse-engineer the software or redistribute binaries of it. This would be possible/allowed in a no-copyright world.
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