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From: "MZMcBride" z@mzmcbride.com
The Open Source Initiative doesn't seem to really like the idea: http://opensource.org/faq#cc-zero.
A number of former and current contributors (notably Lee Daniel Crocker) have released their creative works and inventions into the public domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lee_Daniel_Crocker.
I've always found CC-Zero and its surrounding arguments to be pretty stupid. I release most of the code I write into the public domain (though most of it lacks sufficient creativity in any case).
My understanding is that CC-Zero exists *because "the public domain" does not exist in the IP law of many countries*.
Cheers, -- jra