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Public domain is the ultimate form of freedom in the creative world. In public domain the creativity of people is not restricted. Anyone can study, remix, share and improve public domain works in any way, without a fear of being legally bullied by someone else.
Public domain is NOT the same thing as [free (as in freedom) software](free_software.md), [free culture](free_culture.md) or freeware (gratis, free as in beer) software. The differences are these:
The term "public domain" is sometimes used vaguely to mean anything under a free license, however this use is incorrect and greatly retarded. **Public domain is NOT the same thing as [free (as in freedom) software](free_software.md), [free culture](free_culture.md) or freeware (gratis, free as in beer) software**. The differences are these:
- Unlike public domain, **[free software](free_software.md) and [free cultural](free_culture.md) works are usually still "owned" by someone**, they just try to relax the rules and make them less oppressive. A public domain work is completely unlimited and belongs to everyone and no one, while free software/culture may still require and legally enforce certain freedom-compatible conditions such as giving credit to the author or [copyleft](copyleft.md).
- **Public domain software is not always [free software](free_software.md)** -- PD software is free (as in freedom) only if its source code is available and also in the public domain (without source code freedoms 1 and 2 in the definition of free software are violated).