[Openfontlibrary] Public Domain?

[Jon Phillips]

On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 21:40 +0100, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op donderdag 02-11-2006 om 23:15 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Dave
> Crossland:
> > As I've posted, I feel these fonts need to be relicensed because
> > dedicating works to the public domain isn't legally possible, IMHO
> > IANAL ETC. 
> 
> AFAIK it's legally possible in some countries to release something into
> the public domain (I think the US is one of them--at least it was
> possible in the past?).  But in other countries, including all (or
> most?) of the EU, it's not legally possible.

So how can there be a public domain or the equivalent in the EU and
these other countries? There must be some idea of common content and/or
cultural goods that these companies uphold, right? Or, is it just that
they are considered free?

Jon

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