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by Cu3PO42 2756 days ago
I would like to note that it is not possible to put works entirely into the public domain in some jurisdictions. The only such legislation that I am familiar with, is the German "Urheberrecht". In particular you cannot renounce certain "moral rights" [1] you have to your works.

Since it is not possible to actually put the works into the public domain, this typically means that you retain all rights and license no rights to user. As such you should always include a fallback license, for example Apache or MIT or whatever you feel comfortable with for these jurisdictions.

[1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_urhg/englisch_ur... (Subchapter 2)