Public domain

Overzicht vrije licenties

Public domain is one of the free licenses, clearly described by Creative Commons.

General rules

Public domain can be the result of either:

• 70 years after the death of the author
• autonomous decision by the author
• generic decision by the government (USA)

National exceptions can be valid (extended rights in France for war victims).

Combinations

Combinations can be made, i.e. the base text in CC BY-SA, the publication under classic copyright as with the book Schrijven voor Wikipedia.

See also

• Public domain day
• Free licenses