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public-domain software
Last modified: Sunday, September 01, 1996
Refers to any
program
that is not copyrighted. Public-domain software is free and can be used without restrictions. The term
public-domain software
is often used incorrectly to include
freeware
, free
software
that is nevertheless copyrighted.
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