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Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?



* Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> [090424 04:31]:
> This basically means that public domain dedications are ok if the author is
> in the US, questionable in most other jurisdictions where we would need
> clarification from someone familiar with the legal systems,

> and known to be insufficient in Germany.

Is there any citation for that? I've not yet seen any evidence or hint
of an evidence why a German cannot give an maximal permissive license
by talking about "putting it into public domain".

Hochachtungsvoll,
	Bernhard R. Link


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