olemus
kitsendusteta tarkvara, mis on saadaval igaühele
igaks otstarbeks, igal viisil kasutamiseks,
valmistaja garantiide ja kohustusteta

CNSSI 4009-2015:
software not protected by copyright laws of any nation that may be freely used without permission of or payment to the creator, and that carries no warranties from or liabilities to the creator

ülevaateid
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/9019/public-domain-software

https://differencewise.com/shareware-freeware-public-domain-and-open-source/

https://www.programmingwithbasics.com/2020/11/open-source-public-domain-freeware-freesoftware.html

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.en.html

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.en.html#PublicDomainSoftware

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-domain_software

vt ka
- kommertstarkvara
- lähtekoodtarkvara
- omandtarkvara
- priivara
- vaba tarkvara