[sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

Florian Weimer <fw@...> writes:

> * D. Richard Hipp:
>
>> Public domain just seemed the easiest way to go.
>
> It is, until you want to incorporate a contribution from someone who
> can't give up his copyrught in a binding way.  How do you handle
> contributions from Europe, especially Germany?  Or hasn't that
> happened yet?
>
This is a point that always stroke me about "public domain": There is
no such thing as "disclaiming copyright" in Europe (or at least
Germany and Austria).

Rotty
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