Re: Dedication to the public domain

At 2:32 PM 2/7/94 -0500, ROAKLEY[_at_]guvax.acc.georgetown.edu wrote:
>Here's another example of a way to release things into the public
>domain. ...
> Unless otherwise indicated, I make no claim of copyright in
> messages I write for transmission over the Internet. I
> hereby grant permission to all others to reproduce, retransmit
> or copy such messages, subject only to the request to retain
> the signature line or to give appropriate credit for the use
> of any such material.

If something is in the public domain, then there can be NO restrictions on how it is used (or abused) -- there can be no "granting of permission" if it is in the public domain...

Also, you mention a "signature line" yet your signature is many lines long: What line does that mean???

Isn't the notice a bit at odds with itself and with the concept of being in the public domain? Which applies, is it in the public domain with no restrictions, or is it copyrighted with the "license" to release under those restrictions...??????

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