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Answer by mariotomo for Does open source qualify as being part of the public...
I'm not good at making drawings, but I hope that this will be appreciated for its content if not for its designOpen Source, Proprietary, P.D. (Public Domain), are sharp-edge definitions, so are the...
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In order for a software to be public domain, it needs not to be copyrighted. So only non-copyrighted open source softwares may qualify as public domain (rather than open source!)And if you want a...
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"open source is like throwing something into the public domain?" - No"is there a difference between works classified as open source, and works in the public domain?" - Yes"What's the difference between...
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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,...
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The Public Domain in the US means the copyright of something is owned by nobody, and cannot be owned by anybody.Open source is a license model. The creator of the software holds the copyright, and...
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Answer by apsillers for Does open source qualify as being part of the public...
In a copyright context, public domain is a term which means the set of creative works not under copyright, because the work's copyright has either expired, never existed (such as U.S. government...
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No, in places that have a concept of "public domain" that normally means "without copyright". However, Open Source Software generally means software which is licensed in such a way that it may be used...
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Open source usually adds some restrictions. Common restrictions are the question of attribution of the original author, advertise with the software or relicense the software or modifications of it.
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Open source does not mean without restrictions.For example the GPL license does not allow you to distribute the project without the source also being available.
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According to Google, Open Source is...denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.It seems to be that the product seems to be...
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