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Answer by ArtOfCode for Does open source qualify as being part of the public domain?

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Public domain implies that the author waives all rights, possibly including personal rights.

This is not necessarily applicable to open-source (though it can be) - open-source software can be licensed, which removes it from public domain. Open source software can also be explicitly declared as public domain (which, technically, is a requirement to be considered as such - work without an obvious copyright notice or license is assumed to be proprietary and non-copyable).


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