Re: Potential LSR licensing violations

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On 20/10/2022 06:55, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> Le 20/10/2022 à 07:38, Jean Abou Samra a écrit :
> > You just don't
> > become the copyright owner of the code, i.e., the copyright
> > header in the source repository should give the name of
> > the original author.
>
> I have to correct myself. This is not correct, since copyright doesn't
> exist for something in the public domain (as opposed to something released
> under a permissive license). So the file headers need not mention any
> copyright at all, if the code is unmodified.
Note that, in Europe, you have non-transferable author's rights. So in 
various jurisdictions, you cannot place stuff in the public domain. What 
you can do, is waive all rights other than those you cannot legally 
waive, which ends up approximating 3-clause BSD.

Cheers,
Wol