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@@ -494,15 +494,16 @@ by copyright law. Software not governed by copyright is in the
 ``public domain.''
 
 \subsection{Public Domain Software}
+% FIXME: this section needs more improvements to make it clear that public
+% domain dedication is difficult, if not impossible.
+Theoretically, an author can create public domain software by disclaiming all
+copyright interest on the work. In the USA and other countries that have
+signed the Berne convention on copyright, software is copyrighted
+automatically by the author when she ``fixes the software into a tangible
+medium.''  In the software world, this usually means typing the source code
+of the software into a file.
 
-An author can create public domain software by disclaiming all copyright
-interest on the work. In the USA and other countries that have signed the
-Berne convention on copyright, software is copyrighted automatically by
-the author when she ``fixes the software into a tangible medium.''  In
-the software world, this usually means typing the source code of the
-software into a file.
-
-However, an author can disclaim that default control given to her by the
+Imagine if an author can truly disclaim that default control given to her by the
 copyright laws. Once this is done, the software is in the public domain
 --- it is no longer covered by copyright. Since it is copyright law that
 allows for various controls on software (i.e., prohibition of copying,