Aleph license
Programming language free for personal or commercial use. |
Amoeba copyright notice
A free software OS. |
Amulet License Agreement
CMU Amulet Toolkit License Agreement. |
Apache Server License
Also in the source code. |
Apple/Disney: Squeak license
Project and license ran unchanged and uninterrupted even during transition to different corporation. |
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. |
Christian Software Public License (CSPL)
Christianized variant of BSD license. |
Cryptix License
Like BSD but with no advertising clause. For cryptographic code. |
Debian Social Contract
License for Debian GNU/Linux. |
E Licenses
Mozilla or Mozilla compatible, for E programming language. |
eCos License Overview
Summary of license for Red Hat eCos operating system. |
eCos: Red Hat eCos Public License (RHEPL)
Variant of Netscape PL. |
EFF Archive: Intellectual Property: Open Licenses
Electronic Frontier Foundation page on licenses, includes EFF Open Audio License (OAL). |
Eiffel: ISE Free Eiffel Library License (IFELL)
For the EiffelBase library. |
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. |
GO! License
Fairly open; forbids distributing via chip: ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, etc. By City University, London. |
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 |
Mandrake Linux Licensing
License for Mandrake Linux, based on the GPL. |
Mozart License Agreement
Mozart: an implementation of Oz 3 programming language. |
MySQL
Complex hybrid license: public domain, GPL, LGPL, Open Source, commercial. |
Netscape Public License (NPL)
The NPL is similar to the Mozilla Public License. |
Netscape: Mozilla Public License (MozPL) version 1.0
Follows the Debian Free Software guidelines. |
Open Group Public License
Open Motif Graphical GUI Software, Public End User License. |
Open Source License Law Resource Center
Comprehensive set of links and other resources about open source licenses, and legal issues regarding such licenses and use of open source software, by attorney Dennis Kennedy. |
Open Source Software Licensing Page
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. |
OpenIPCore: Open Source Licenses
Link page. |
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. |
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. |
Ricoh Source Code Public License
Ricoh Company, Ltd., makes communication and office automation systems. |
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. |
Sun Community Source Licensing (SCSL)
Hybrid license mixes proprietary and open source models: for hardware: chips, ASICs, boards. |
T3X License
Very short and simple. |
Tcl/Tk License Terms
By Regents of the University of California, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Scriptics Corp., others. |
The Artistic License
Perl package license. |
Troll Tech: Q Public License (QPL)
Vital for KDE. |
Vita Nuova Inferno Subscription License
Fee based, partly open source, for Lucent network OS. |
x-kernel Copyright Notice
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona. |
Zope Public License (ZPL)
Patterned after Apache license. |
