Open Source License Question

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Jeremy Bowers wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:09:51 +0000, Neil Hodgson wrote:
> 
>>I would
>>love to be able to just renounce copyright on my work but it no longer
>>appears possible.
> 
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, nothing prevents you from doing that. 

In Germany, copyright law prevents you from doing that. There is no
notion of public domain (Gemeinfreiheit); this absence follows from
from §29 UrhG. You simply continue to remain the Urheber (copyright
holder) of some work, no matter what you declare.

Regards,
Martin