A student has found some source code on the internet and the associated README states that the copyright has been waived. Under what type of licensing would this code fall?(1 point)

Question

A student has found some source code on the internet and the associated README states that the copyright has been waived. Under what type of licensing would this code fall?(1 point)
Responses

public domain
public domain

permissive
permissive

copyleft
copyleft

freeware

GPT-4o mini · Answer

If the copyright has been waived, the code would fall under **public domain**. This means that the author has relinquished their rights, allowing anyone to use, modify, and distribute the code without any restrictions.