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A comment on Ask HN: Why not publish into the Public Domain, instead of OSS licence?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why not publish into the Public Domain, instead o... by detaro on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:06AM (#28025167)
> but reserves my right to file a patent.

The Unlicense also does not include a patent grant, so is no different than CC0 here, and as the FSF says, CC0 is generally recommended over it.

It doesn't really reserve your right to file a patent (because that's basically gone once you publish something in most cases), but it doesn't imply a license to patents you do hold when publishing.

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Re:Ask HN: Why not publish into the Public Domain, instead o... by hutzlibu on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:24AM (#28025235)
"It doesn't really reserve your right to file a patent (because that's basically gone once you publish something in most cases)"

This is also how I thought it works.

" but it doesn't imply a license to patents you do hold when publishing."

So since I do not hold any patents, stating just this, could be enough? That stuff gives you a headache

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