Re: public domain, take ∞

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Please excuse the thread necromancy. Hopefully it's better to
demonstrate that I've searched the archives than not :-)

Nathanael Nerode <neroden@fastmail.fm> writes:

> [regarding an attempt to formulate a generally-applicable copyright
> declaration achieving the effect of public domain]
>
> "The author of this script hereby grants irrevocable permission to
> any party who may have access to it to treat it as though it were a
> work to which any and all copyrights have expired."
> 
> I think that would be an improvement.

For works that are not a “script”, or that have copyright holders
who are not an “author”, would this be a further improvement:

    The copyright holder of this work hereby grants irrevocable
    permission to any party who may have access to it to threat it as
    though it were a work to which any and all copyrights have
    expired.

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Ben Finney