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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Nigel Tzeng wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Public Domain software, when the source code is
available, meets all of the OSD requirements but it isn't under a OSI
approved Open Source license since there is no
license. However, public domain software can be re-used
under an OSD compliant license, so in practice the issue is moot.</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>That's a nice, clean summary. /Larry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Tzeng, Nigel H.
[mailto:Nigel.Tzeng@jhuapl.edu] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 03, 2008 7:43
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Ernest Prabhakar<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> License Discuss<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Public domain
software is not open-source?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>>Q. Is Public Domain software also "Open Source"?<br>
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>Not really, since it is not under an OSD-approved license.
However, <br>
>truly public domain software can always be made available under an
OSD <br>
>compliant license, so in practice the issue is moot.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I would rephrase to something like (assuming I'm correct):</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Public
Domain software, when the source code is available, meets all of the OSD
requirements but it isn't under a OSI approved Open Source license since
there is no license. However, public domain software can
be re-used under an OSD compliant license, so in practice the issue is
moot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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