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Open-source is not the same thing as public domain. See: MySql.



BSD (webm) != GPL (mysql)

Also the definition of public domain varies by country, and it's actually safer (for the rest of us) to prefer stuff under BSD-like licenses, although I prefer APL the most because it also has an explicit patents grant.




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