Re: [Sheflug] how to release something under the GPL

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Stuff only becomes public domain - as a rule - when the copyright on it
> expires. However, when you create something, you automatically have
> copyright and cannot just 'renounce' it. You can licence it very
> permissively, but that's not the same thing.

Ahh...I am corrected; I knew things were automatically copyrighted, but 
thought it was possible to waive it or just delcare a work as having no
copyright... but having just done some google searching ... the general 
opinion is that UK law doesn't have the compcept of public domain. Trying
to find this on the patent office's web site and the intellecual property
web site (both .gov.uk sites) resulted in nowt. Google groups was the trick.

So the easiest way to give public domain is say "This is copyright <blah>,
but I release this into the public domain. Do with it what you will". Or 
something similar... :)

Chris...

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