<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>More than you want to read...<br></div><div><br>Public Domain is compatible with everything because it has no license, it isn't licensed, it actually requires no decleration of any kind, however, people get confused or scared so it then does need to be declared so people know they're not stealing.<br>
<br></div>A good example would be a pile of plywood set out by someone's curb. Someone may eventually take it, but they may be confused as to the status of said wood. However, if the "owner" were to go out and put up a sign that says "Free Wood" the intentions are now clear to everyone, although the status of the wood itself never actually changed.<br>
<br></div>So, one could say something is Public Domain (like they could say the air is free to breathe), they're not declaring a license, they're releasing the burden of all licenses, which should actually be assumed unless one explicitly specifies a license.<br>
<br></div>CC0, Unlicense, <span class="st">WTFPL etc. are all basically pointless.<br><br></span></div><span class="st">However, one distinction that exists no matter what is the trademark, which is different from the copyright (license). So, even if a work is released with no copyright license, it does not mean that you can take that work, name and all and claim it to be your own creation. But, outside of that, under fair use, you can pretty much can do whatever you want with it, that's clearly the author's intention.<br>
<br></span></div><span class="st">When you release something with a name or logo or some other signifying mark (that isn't generic) it is automatically trademarked under common law (whether you like it or not, at least in the US). So while one can declare no copyright license, I'm not even sure there's a common way to declare no trademark because a trademark is bigger than its creator, a trademark is more important to consumers, to help them avoid brand confusion, fakes, knock-offs, scams etc.<br>
<br>You could choose to not protect your your marks, which is irresponsible because even if your work is public domain, when you go to release an update, if the general public is unsure of what website is the official one etc. they may find themselves downloading it from some alternate, malicious source that has put something nasty in it.<br>
<br></span></div><span class="st">From here, the conversation gets a whole lot bigger and even philosophical, so we'll just leave it to the facts.<br></span></div>