[Bishop_]

I am largely ignorant to license law so forgive this probably basic question

If the idea of public domain is clearly established in law should it not be enough to have a license file that simply reads.

Everything in this repository is public domain, all contributions to this repository are public domain.

Obviously if someone were to submit code stolen from a project under another license it would create an issue. But the same could be said for any project.

[withinboredom]

No, I’m some jurisdictions you cannot just give away your rights.

[Blahah]

The concept of 'public domain' in the sense of all legal property rights and responsibilities being relinquished is not clearly established everywhere, and where it is, it sometimes applies only in certain circumstances (like years after the death of the creator).