A free-software license is a notice that grants the recipient of a piece of software extensive rights to modify and redistribute that software. These actions...
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software licenses which have a linked Wikipedia article for details and which are approved by at least one of the following expert groups: the Free Software...
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broadly covers free content licenses and open-source licenses, also known as free software licenses. The invention of the term "free license" and the focus...
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A permissive software license, sometimes also called BSD-like or BSD-style license, is a free-software license which instead of copyleft protections,...
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Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to...
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License-free software is computer software that is not explicitly in the public domain, but the authors appear to intend free use, modification, distribution...
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The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the...
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Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that is available under a license that grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified...
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A software license is a legal instrument governing the use or redistribution of software. Since the 1970s, software copyright has been recognized in the...
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The Apache License is a permissive free software license written by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). It allows users to use the software for any purpose...
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MIT License is a permissive software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1980s. As a permissive license, it...
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The GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft licenses, that guarantee end users...
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Open-source licenses are software licenses that allow content to be used, modified, and shared. They facilitate free and open-source software (FOSS) development...
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BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is...
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Proprietary software is a subset of non-free software, a term defined in contrast to free and open-source software; non-commercial licenses such as CC...
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Python Software Foundation License (PSFL) is a BSD-style, permissive software license which is compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL). Its...
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The GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPL) is a free, copyleft license published by the Free Software Foundation in November 2007, and based on...
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free software movement. The FSF is also the steward of several free software licenses, meaning it publishes them and has the ability to make revisions...
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Free content, libre content, libre information, or free information is any kind of creative work, such as a work of art, a book, a software program, or...
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The ISC license is a permissive free software license published by the Internet Software Consortium, now called Internet Systems Consortium (ISC). It is...
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Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) is a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine whether a software license is a free software license...
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The Academic Free License (AFL) is a permissive free software license written in 2002 by Lawrence E. Rosen, a former general counsel of the Open Source...
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Copyleft (redirect from Protective software license)
certain patents. Copyleft software licenses are considered protective or reciprocal in contrast with permissive free software licenses, and require that information...
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creative works except for computer hardware and software, including for commercial use. The license was written in July 2000, with contributions from...
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authorization. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of free and open-source software licenses Free software Free-software license List of commercial...
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Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change...
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GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free-software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The license allows developers and companies...
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similar license, libpng license, sometimes referred interchangeably as zlib/libpng license. The zlib license has been approved by the Free Software Foundation...
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free and open-source software packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits the Free...
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The Artistic License is an open-source license used for certain free and open-source software packages, most notably the standard implementation of the...
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