No, I think you missed the point of the article.  It's trying to say
that you retain copyright like a sticky booger.  Merely saying 'this
stuff is in public domain now' is not enough to make it so.

Strangely, it appears that you have no right put something in the
public domain, it just happens 70 years after you die.  (Copyright
lawyers feel free to chime in here)

Unfortunately for fans of djb, I think this means the license issue is
still hanging tough.

-B

On Nov 30, 2007 3:19 PM, Andrew Hart <arhart@mtu.edu> wrote:
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> Wouldn't such reasoning about a "gift" apply equally to a BSD-license on
> free-as-in-beer software?
>
> Andrew Ruscica wrote:
> ...
> > "Why the Public Domain Isn't a License" (Linux Journal)
> > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6225
> >
> > From the article:
> ...
>
> > "Unfortunately, such gifts are illusory. Under basic contract law, a gift
> > cannot be enforced. The donor can retract his gift at any time, for any
> > reason - scant security for someone intending to make long-term use of
> > a piece of software."