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Public Domain Software

nounid 3724·updated May 9, 2026
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Software not protected by copyright laws of any nation that may be freely used without permission of, or payment to, the creator, and that carries no warranties from, or liabilities to the creator.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Data75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Public95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Publicinfo90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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Software not protected by copyright laws of any nation that may be freely used without permission of, or payment to, the creator, and that carries no warranties from, or liabilities to the creator.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
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Software not protected by copyright laws of any nation that may be freely used without permission of, or payment to, the creator, and that carries no warranties from, or liabilities to the creator.

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