ANN: Twisted 0.16.0: Licenses and Open Source don't conflict.

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Fri Apr 12 18:43:02 EDT 2002


Brad Bollenbach wrote:

> To "put it into the public domain" the only thing that
> is implicit is the fact that you hold the copyright.

No, when you release something into the public domain you explicitly
waive your copyright.  "Public domain" has a very specific legal meaning
in licenses; it doesn't just mean a public release.

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