[License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Tom Callaway (tcallawa at redhat.com):

> Indeed. If the question is: "Is this legally possible?", the answer
> might very well be "No", "Yes", or "Maybe", depending on the situation,
> the jurisdiction, and the case law at the time you ask the question.

This is what I tried to get across on my Web page, basically (along with 
pointing out that a simple permissive licence has more-deterministic
effects, and also clarifying that copyright abandonment and public
domain are distinct concepts).

> P.S. C A L L A W A Y. Like the golf clubs.

Yes, really sorry about that, Tom.  Naturally, I spotted it just after
posting.