@amerika >This is a completely unstudied interpretation of the law.
I have studied the laws in multiple countries and determined what they say - I don't try to interpret things.

>Copyright law forbids nothing but establishes property rights.
No, copyright law is not a form of property rights, as otherwise copyright would never expire, just like a house doesn't become public property after a set number of years after construction.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html

It is a temporary monopoly that is meant to benefit readers, alas it has been twisted.

>Nothing stops you from putting software out there, which if it's free to download is considered an implicit right to redistribute.
Yes, if you release the software publicly without restrictions on download, you have authorized people to download such and to run it but nothing else.

Doing so may authorize people to send the download link on, but not distribute the software.

>Unless someone complains, there is no enforcement.
Having to rely on a lack of enforcement is a terrible way to do things.

If you want people to distribute the software, you should use a license that authorizes that.

>But that's not hard to do at all. State that the work is in the public domain and it effectively is if you are the copyright holder.
That may be valid in some countries, but many it isn't, plus you've arguably given warranty for the software.

You release software into the public domain properly, you'll need to use a dedication like; https://wpdd.info/