Re: Public Domain

On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> How does one place something in the public domain? Is putting a notice
> on the work saying it can be freely copied enough? Is a waiver of all
> the other rights (distribution, etc.) implied by such a notice? Is such
> a waiver irrevocable? Does it matter what the language of the notice is?
> Does the author retain any rights with such a waiver? It seems to me
> there is an important public policy served by placing something in the
> public domain, and, yet, it's not clear to me whether it's easily done.
 

Although it seems to be time alone that can claim public domain (and current legislation would extend copyright duration), perhaps you should consider:

Copyleft (originally designed for software) <http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/copyleft/copyleft.html>

or the Free Music Philosophy (obviously tailored for audio) <http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp.html#license>

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