> Is public domain a license, or is it no license? Public domain means nobody owns the copyright to that work. Anyone can use it for any purpose whatsoever, be

> Is public domain a license, or is it no license? Public domain means nobody owns the copyright to that work. Anyone can use it for any purpose whatsoever, because there's nobody to tell them they can't. So, no, it's not a license. It's putting something in a category where a license wouldn't even make sense.