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An open-source license is a copyright license for computer software that makes the source code available under terms that allow for modification and royalty-free redistribution. One popular (and sometimes considered normative) set of open source licenses are those approved by the Open Source Initiative based on their Open Source Definition.Software in the public domain (that is, with no copyright license at all), meets those criteria as long as all source code is made available, and is therefore recognized by the OSI and entitled to use their service mark. In addition, OSI has approved the following licenses as of 2003:
- Academic Free License
- Apache Software License
- Apple Public Source License
- Artistic License
- Common Public License
- Eiffel Forum License
- BSD License
- GNU General Public License (GPL)
- GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
- Historical Permission Notice and DisclaimerThis is an open source license, approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). It is unique among the OSI's licenses because of the choices it allows in its construction; it lets you pick anywhere from 0-2 warranty disclaimers, whether you want to prohibit
- IBM Public License
- Intel Open Source License
- Jabber Open Source License
- MIT LicenseThe MIT License originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a license for the use of certain types of computer software. It allows reuse for open source or proprietary software. Many groups use the MIT license for their own software, such
- MITRE Collaborative Virtual Workspace License (CVW License)
- Motosoto License
- MozillaMozilla (a. the Mozilla Suite or the Mozilla Application Suite and codenamed SeaMonkey is a free, cross-platform Internet software suite, whose components include a web browser, an email client, an HTML editor and an IRC client. Its development was initia Public License 1.0 (MPL)
- MozillaMozilla (a. the Mozilla Suite or the Mozilla Application Suite and codenamed SeaMonkey is a free, cross-platform Internet software suite, whose components include a web browser, an email client, an HTML editor and an IRC client. Its development was initia Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1)
- NetHackNetHack is a roguelike computer game. It is an evolution of an earlier game called Hack which was itself an evolution of the much more famous Rogue''. The name NetHack stems from the fact that its development was originally coordinated through the Interne General Public License
- NokiaFor the Finnish town, see Nokia. Nokia Corporation is the world's largest telecommunications manufacturer. It is a Finnish telecommunications company best known for its leading range of mobile phones. Nokia also produces mobile phone infrastructure and ot Open Source License
- Open Software LicenseThe Open Software License ("OSL") is a software licence created by Lawrence Rosen. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has certified it as an open source license, but the Debian project has judged it (v1. 1) to be incompatible with the DFSG. The OSL is, in t
- Open Group Test Suite License
- PythonPython is an interpreted, interactive programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1990, originally as a scripting language for Amoeba OS capable of making system calls. Python is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme, Java and Ruby. Python is develo license
- PythonPython is an interpreted, interactive programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1990, originally as a scripting language for Amoeba OS capable of making system calls. Python is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme, Java and Ruby. Python is develo Software Foundation License
- Q Public License (QPL)
- Ricoh Source Code Public License
- Sleepycat License
- Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL)
- Sun Public License (SPL)
- Vovida Software License v. 1.0
- W3C License
- X.Net License
- zlib-libpng license
- Zope Public License
