Re: [syndication] RSS 0.94

[Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com>]

On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 01:55  PM, Dave Winer wrote:
> If you write a spec, which you can, it would have your copyright
> on it. If you want one without a copyright, write it. I'm still pretty  
> sure
> it'll have a copyright, whether or not you specifically claim it. I am  
> not a
> lawyer. You might want to check in with the Creative Commons people,  
> they
> *are* lawyers. The timing is excellent. I've cc'd this to Sally  
> Khudairi
> who's working with them. Dave

Works without copyright are called "public domain".

"Creative Commons is developing a Web application that will help people  
dedicate their creative works to the public domain" [1]

Attorney Stephen Fishman: "There are no formal procedures for  
dedicating a work to the public domain. The author just has to indicate  
on the work that no copyright is claimed." [2]

[1] http://www.creativecommons.org/aboutus/
[2]  
http://www.nolo.com/lawstore/products/product.cfm/objectID/2C02C865- 
21E7-497C-9DDDBA058175FFA1/sampleChapter/3
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