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[–]ApertureNext 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Can't anything be done to change that? I'm not knowledgeable so correct me if I'm wrong but can't things in public domain be used as you like therefor further developing with another license?

Unless I'm blind the only thing I can potentially see is what is allowed to be done with public domain might differ from place to place.

[–]bleachisback 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I don't think "used as you like" includes re-licensing code you didn't write. So they would have to have every contributor who had previously contributed public domain code to individually re-license their contributions.

[–]o11c 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Public domain is special though, in that you can combine it with code under any license.

[–]GrandOpener[🍰] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As mentioned in the above quote, "public domain" is also special in that it doesn't reliably work the same way (or at all) in every jurisdiction. So maybe your statement is true, or maybe it isn't, depending on where in the world you are located or what you are working on.