The Creative Commons Zero / Public Domain Dedication / CC0 is the closest thing to a legally enforceable antonym of copyright.
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What about the Unlicense?
Unlicense only works in some legal systems. You cannot put your own work into the public domain in many european nations for example.
See this link: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/147120
if it explicitly granted patent rights i would definitely use it for software tbh
I like the use of the phrase All rights reversed when talking about copyleft.
I like All rights refused
Refused by whom? Refused to the owner?
If "All rights reserved" means "I, the rights holder, reserve the usage of all copy rights for myself only. You have no such rights." then "All rights refused" must mean "I, the rights holder, refuse all copy rights to this work. You can do whatever."
I guess I like it because it's catchy and aggressively anti-copyright.
But if you're actually going to release something where copyright might become an issue it's of course better to use a real license like CC.
You've just stepped into a minefield. Look up the difference between the MIT and GPL licences. If you're into that sort of thing it can be fascinating, but basically it boils down to two camps:
- Your license preserves your freedoms by binding the licensee to a guarantee that they'll preserve your freedom.
- Your license preserves nothing, but guarantees the licensee the right to do anything they want.
Each camp claims theirs is "more free". Only one can be right.
Depending on the definition of what they consider free.
I'm a big fan of WTFPL, myself.
I'd like to disrespectfully disagree, it's a trainwreck of a license and while I get the memeing, some people actually go ahead and use it seriously, just because they can't be bothered to put some thought into how their software should be treated, that doesn't protect neither themselves nor the users
WTFPL is my favorite license
Just say: Public Domain
DWTFYW.
I had the same question dozen years ago when was taking part in publishing one book (in my translation from French). Publishing house finally used phrase which in English should sound like: "Not protected by copyright law".
No rights preserved?