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Warp wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian <ski### [at] vt edu> wrote:
>> If all you want is SQLite under an MIT license, have someone who lives
>> in a country that recognizes public domain just copy and relicense under
>> the MIT terms.
>
> Can works in the public domain be re-copyrighted?
>
It isn't re-copyrighting the work. It is relicensing the work, which is
usually allowable under public domain laws. Otherwise, how could you
incorporate some public domain code into work and then distribute under
a commercial license?
In doing this, you are not asserting some rights over the item in the
public domain. The MIT license might need a few words changed, making it
say less about 'I hold copyright on this and authorize' and more 'I am
allowed to authorize this work to be licensed'.
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