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2. Software copyright - Wikipedia

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   Software copyright is the application of copyright in law to machine-readable software. While many of the legal principles and policy debates concerning software copyright have close parallels in other domains of copyright law, there are a number of distinctive issues that arise with software. This article primarily focuses on topics particular ...

3. Copyright registration - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of copyright registrationis to place on record a verifiable account of the date and content of the work in question, so that in the event of a legal claim, or case of infringementor plagiarism, the copyrightowner can produce a copy of the work from an official government source.

4. Public domain in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the past, a work would enter the public domain in the United States if it was released without a copyright notice. This was true prior to March 1, 1989, but is no longer the case. Any work (of certain, enumerated types) now receives copyright as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium.

5. United States Copyright Office - Wikipedia

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   Under the 1976 Act, federal copyright requires only a fixation of an original work of authorship in a tangible medium of expression. Renewal is not compulsory, and a copyright owner can register at any time. The 1976 Act makes registration (or refusal of registration [8]) a requisite for an infringement action.

6. Public-domain software - Wikipedia

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   The Creative Commons Public Domain Mark indicates works that are in the public domain. Public-domain software is software that has been placed in the public domain, in other words, software for which there is absolutely no ownership such as copyright, trademark, or patent. Software in the public domain can be modified, distributed, or sold even ...

7. Software license - Wikipedia

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   Software license. Diagram of software under various licenses according to the FSF and their The Free Software Definition: on the left side "free software", on the right side "proprietary software". On both sides, and therefore mostly orthogonal, "free download" ( Freeware ). A software license is a legal instrument governing the use or ...