> Lastly, I realize many people, both developers and users (and me), have > a historical affection for the BSD license but I've always wondered why > code is not placed in the Public Domain rather than being copyrighted > and BSD licensed? Is the reason for this merely because it's difficult > to "prove" a work is in the Public Domain, or (more likely) is there > some other reason which I do not understand?
We wish to retain the legal right to be known as the author, and not have our names taken off the files. With public domain, that stuff at the top of the file is taken away first, before anything else is done. Don't you read what's left at the top of the files? Just that bit; nothing else.
