Aha, there it is. Thank you!

I wish there was a way to simply ask Terry if he'd have a problem with someone adding networking support. Does anyone know if he responds to email?

He has for me before.

He does.

> There shouldn't be any licensing troubles, at least.

Under many (if not most) jurisdictions it's not possible to put things in the public domain, and saying you do so without providing an actual license is the same as not doing anything (aka "All Rights Reserved", the restrictive default).

Even in the US, the idea of putting things in the public domain (rather than it falling into the public domain) is a bit iffy and AFAIK has never been tested in court.

Provably false. http://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html

In french and french derived copyright law, you can not resign all you rigths. "The moral rights are inalienable, perpetual and inviolable" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_France#Moral_...

Which is exactly what djb says about Germany. It doesn’t affect public domain status.

Hum, it feels to me there are subtle differences between German and French law. Notably, the right of withdrawal and the respect of the work's integrity go beyond German law.

In French, a piece of work is not "put" in public domain but is said to "fell". It's not something that needs doing, it's something that happen at the right time.

Anyway, I'm probably wrong since I'm not a lawyer :-)

That's what he says, indeed. What he failed to provide, though, is proof.

It'd be nice if djb could back up what he says about waiving copyright in Europe.