Foundation (FSF) maintains a list of what it considers free. FSF's free software and OSI's open-source licenses together are called FOSS licenses. There are...

GPLv2 or GPLv3. FSF maintains a list of GPL-compatible free software licenses containing many of the most common free software licenses, such as the original...

network. "OSI approved licenses". Open Source initiative. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. "OSI approved", Licenses, TL;DR legal. "Licenses section...

Since the license is permissive, it allows proprietization of the derivations. The PSFL is listed as approved on both FSF's approved licenses list, and...

Open-source licenses are software licenses that allow content to be used, modified, and shared. They facilitate free and open-source software (FOSS) development...

open-source licenses. OSI agrees with FSF on all widely used free-software licenses, but differ from FSF's list, as it approves against the Open Source Definition...

The FSF is also the steward of several free software licenses, meaning it publishes them and has the ability to make revisions as needed. The FSF holds...

GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free-software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The license allows developers and companies...

Foundation (FSF) which finds it acceptable for developers to work on projects that are already covered by this license. However, the FSF recommends that...

BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is...

similar license sometimes referred interchangeably as zlib/libpng license. The zlib license has been approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as a...

changes. The EPL is listed as a free software license by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Discussion...

restrictions on reuse and therefore has high license compatibility. Unlike copyleft software licenses, the MIT License also permits reuse within proprietary...

Artistic License and was approved by the FSF. It is used by the Paros Proxy, the JavaFBP toolkit and NcFTP. The terms of the Artistic License 1.0 were...

version 4.0 was released under the Free Software Foundation's (FSF) GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. It fails the Debian Free Software Guidelines...

list of approved licenses. Early in its history, the OSI contributed to license proliferation by approving vanity and non-reusable licenses. In 2004...

other licenses, whether open source or proprietary. In 2005 the Open Source Initiative approved the license. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) considers...

Public License (IPL) is a free open-source software license written and occasionally used by IBM. It is approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and...

2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017. ... The following licenses have been approved by the OSI. ... ... ISC License (ISC) ... "Copyright Policy". OpenBSD. Retrieved...

Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU...

of FSF-approved software licenses and free documentation licenses. The Open Source Initiative keeps a similar list of OSI-approved software licenses. The...

Font License The DFSG and Software Licenses FSF: Licenses for Fonts – SIL Open Font License 1.1 "SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE (OFL-1.1) | Open Source Initiative"...

been approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as a free software license, and by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) as an open source license. It is...

open-source software licenses Software using the Apache license (category) "The Apache Software License (ASL)". The Big DFSG-compatible Licenses. Debian Project...

the FSF license of choice, the copyleft GNU General Public License. The Open Source Initiative defines a list of certified open-source licenses following...

license's termination clauses. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has stated that the license is not "free" as it requires the source to be published when...

Foundation (FSF) in October 1985, developed the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and wrote all versions of the GNU General Public License. Stallman...

Public License (MPL) version 2.0". Various Licenses and Comments about Them. Free Software Foundation. Retrieved January 3, 2012. "Open Source Licenses". Open...

include a no-warranty disclaimer, unlike other permissive licenses, such as the MIT License. Though the WTFPL is untested in court, the official website...

possible for a license to be free and not in the FSF list. The OSI list only lists licenses that have been submitted, considered and approved. All open-source...