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> 1. What sort of wording should I place in the document to say it is in public
> domain? Is it sufficient to simply say "Copyright (c) 2008 Mayukh Bose. This
> file is placed in public domain"
If a document is public domain, there is explicitly NO copyright,
so the Copyright (c) line is superfluous (and potentially confusing).
Try:
Author: Mayukh Bose, 2008
This document is in the public domain.
> 2. Does putting something in public domain imply that it is released with no
> warranty like the BSD license explicitly states?
Why would a document require a warranty? I've never seen a book with a
warranty. I'm not even sure what you would be warranying against.
> Can anyone please advise me on how I should go about and word the license
> then?
There is no license. Public domain is fair game. Anyone may steal,
change fold, spindle, mutilate, sell, buy, or even use your document
without your permission.
Think of the statement "This document is in the public domain" as a
fast-forward to 70 years after you are dead (or whatever your copyright
regime considers the copyright term to be nowadays)
> Thanks to Kjell, Curt and Paul for feedback so far :). I hope to contribute
> more to the project in the future.
I'd LOVE to be accepting diffs rather than always writing them. ;)
-kj
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