Licenses
- Some very interesting articles on free software licensing: history, forms, and problems, seen from a commercial view. Links to some license texts and important open source sites.|
» Affero - General Public License Copyleft license, derived from the GNU-GPL, designed to protect software distributed as web services. » Against DRM 2.0 A free copyleft license for artworks, which forbids DRM. Includes licence text, FAQ, and a few translations. » Aladdin Free Public License (AFPL) For Ghostscript, by Aladdin Enterprises. » Amoeba copyright notice A free software OS. » Amulet License Agreement CMU Amulet Toolkit License Agreement. » Apache Server Licenses Overview of the different versions of the Apache licenses. » Apple: Apple Public Source License (APSL) Apple's license for software released as source code. » BSD: 4.4BSD Copyright License for 4.4BSD. » BSD: FreeBSD Copyright License for FreeBSD operating system. » BSD: NetBSD Licensing and Redistribution License patterned after FreeBSD Copyright. » BSD: OpenBSD Copyright Policy License and background on Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group copyrights. » Bixoft Public License A proposal for an Open Source license that clearly distinguishes between software programs and programming tools. » Christian Software Public License (CSPL) Christianized variant of BSD license. » Creative Commons A non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright. Offering work under a Creative Commons license does not mean giving up copyright. It means offering some of an author's rights to any taker, and only on certain conditions. » Debian Social Contract License for Debian GNU/Linux. » E Licenses Mozilla or Mozilla compatible, for E programming language. » Eiffel: ISE Free Eiffel Library License (IFELL) For the EiffelBase library. » Freshmeat Listings of browseable licenses and articles. » GNU Free Documentation License A version of the GPL for reference material. » GNU General Public License (GPL) One standard for licensing free software. » GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Formerly: GNU Library GPL. » GNU: List of Licenses Various licenses and comments about them. » IBM - Common Public License (CPL) Open source software license. » IBM Public License Big Blue's Open Source License. » LaTeX Project Public License Particularly suited for TeX-related programs. » Liberal Source Software (LSS) Hybrid licensing model, between free and commercial software licenses. » License information for Xinu software License for the XINU operating system » Licensing conditions for OCaml OCaml is released under the LGPL. » Lua Copyright notice From Brazil, programming language framework. » Lucent Technologies, Inc. Plan 9 Open Source license agreement » Mozart License Agreement Mozart: an implementation of Oz 3 programming language. » Mozilla Public License Version 1.0 Follows the Debian Free Software guidelines. » Mozilla and Netscape Public Licenses Describes the licensing policy of the Mozilla Foundation, with the full texts of the various licenses, and an FAQ. » MySQL Complex hybrid license: public domain, GPL, LGPL, Open Source, commercial. » Open Group Public License Open Motif Graphical GUI Software, Public End User License. » Open Source Initiative - Licenses Copies of licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative. » OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition Not a license itself, but a definition of what conditions a license must fulfill in order to be termed an Open Source license. » PHP Licence Information Covers licensing issues for developers distributing applications in PHP. Includes links to annotated version of the relevant licenses and other related resources. » Python Copyright Open source compliant, but not fully GPL compatible, the only incompatibility is inclusion of a choice-of-law clause. » Quick Reference Guide A chart comparing attributes of major licenses, including the option to select your bias. » RTEMS License Information RTEMS open source real-time operating system uses GNU Public License (GPL), except for some special, very limited exceptions. » Ruby License Dual terms: use GPL terms or its own terms. » SFL License Agreement Covers iMatix Corp., Standard Function Library (C/C++), its source code, documentation, executable files. » The Artistic License Perl package license. » Trolltech: Q Public License (QPL) License for the Qt Free Edition. » Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing Full text of the book by Andrew M. St. Laurent. [PDF] » Vita Nuova Inferno Subscription License Fee based, partly open source, for Lucent network OS. » W3C IPR Software Notice W3C = World Wide Web Consortium, one of the Internet's main standard-setting bodies. » Zope Public License (ZPL) Patterned after Apache license. » eCos License Overview Summary of license for Red Hat eCos operating system. » eCos: Red Hat eCos Public License (RHEPL) Variant of Netscape PL. » x-kernel Copyright Notice Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona. |
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