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Apple/Disney: Squeak license
Project and license ran unchanged and uninterrupted even during transition to different corporation.
http://squeak.org/license.html
Vita Nuova Inferno Subscription License
Fee based, partly open source, for Lucent network OS.
http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/licence.h...
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Formerly: GNU Library GPL.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html
Freshmeat
Listings of browseable licenses and articles.
http://freshmeat.net/browse/13/?topic_id=1...
Lua Copyright notice
From Brazil, programming language framework.
http://www.lua.org/copyright.html
OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition
A definition of the Open Source license for software.
http://www.opensource.org/osd.html
Amulet License Agreement
CMU Amulet Toolkit License Agreement.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/amule...
Ricoh Source Code Public License
Ricoh Company, Ltd., makes communication and office automation systems.
http://www.risource.org/RPL/RPL-1.0A.shtml
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.
http://www.php.net/license/
License information for Xinu software
License for the XINU operating system
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/xlicens...
Ruby License
Dual terms: use GPL terms or its own terms.
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt
Mozilla and Netscape Public Licenses
Describes the licensing policy of the Mozilla Foundation, with the full texts of the various licenses, and an FAQ.
http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
x-kernel Copyright Notice
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona.
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/xkernel/copyrigh...
Apache Server License
Also in the source code.
http://www.apache.org/LICENSE.txt
EFF Archive: Intellectual Property: Open Licenses
Electronic Frontier Foundation page on licenses, includes EFF Open Audio License (OAL).
http://www.eff.org/IP/Open_licenses/
eCos License Overview
Summary of license for Red Hat eCos operating system.
http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/license-ove...
Liberal Source Software (LSS)
Hybrid licensing model, between free and commercial software licenses.
http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/liblicenc...
Zope Public License (ZPL)
Patterned after Apache license.
http://www.zope.org/Resources/License/
LaTeX Project Public License
Particularly suited for TeX-related programs.
http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.html
Christian Software Public License (CSPL)
Christianized variant of BSD license.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/...
SFL License Agreement
Covers iMatix Corp., Standard Function Library (C/C++), its source code, documentation, executable files.
http://www.imatix.com/html/sfl/sfl4.htm
BSD: FreeBSD Copyright
License for FreeBSD operating system.
http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-l...
Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Plan 9 Open Source license agreement
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/licen...
Netscape: Mozilla Public License (MozPL) version 1.0
Follows the Debian Free Software guidelines.
http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/MPL-1.0.html
Apple: Apple Public Source License (APSL)
Apple's license for software released as source code.
http://www.publicsource.apple.com/apsl/
Open Music License
Music-equivalent to the General Public License.
http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/showitem.php...
IBM Public License
Big Blue's Open Source License.
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks...
E Licenses
Mozilla or Mozilla compatible, for E programming language.
http://www.erights.org/download/licenses.h...
Eiffel: ISE Free Eiffel Library License (IFELL)
For the EiffelBase library.
http://www.eiffel.com/products/base/licens...
Trolltech: Q Public License (QPL)
License for the Qt Free Edition.
http://www.trolltech.com/licenses/qpl-anno...
Python Copyright
Open source compliant, but not fully GPL compatible, the only incompatibility is inclusion of a choice-of-law clause.
http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html
Quick Reference Guide
A chart comparing attributes of major licenses, including the option to select your bias.
http://yoyo.org/~pgl/lqr/
Bixoft Public License
A proposal for an Open Source license that clearly distinguishes between software programs and programming tools.
http://www.bixoft.nl/english/license.htm
Amoeba copyright notice
A free software OS.
http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/amoeba/COPYRIGHT
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.
http://creativecommons.org/
Debian Social Contract
License for Debian GNU/Linux.
http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html
GNU: List of Licenses
Various licenses and comments about them.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list...
GNU Public License
Sample license agreement to distribute software.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
W3C IPR Software Notice
W3C = World Wide Web Consortium, one of the Internet's main standard-setting bodies.
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyrig...
RTEMS License Information
RTEMS open source real-time operating system uses GNU Public License (GPL), except for some special, very limited exceptions.
http://www.rtems.com/license/index.html
GNU Free Documentation License
A version of the GPL for reference material.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
Open Source Initiative - Licenses
Copies of licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative.
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/
BSD: 4.4BSD Copyright
License for 4.4BSD.
http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/license.h...
MySQL
Complex hybrid license: public domain, GPL, LGPL, Open Source, commercial.
http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensi...
Aladdin Free Public License (AFPL)
For Ghostscript, by Aladdin Enterprises.
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin/PUBLIC
Affero - General Public License
Copyleft license, derived from the GNU-GPL, designed to protect software distributed as web services.
http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html
eCos: Red Hat eCos Public License (RHEPL)
Variant of Netscape PL.
http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/
BSD: OpenBSD Copyright Policy
License and background on Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group copyrights.
http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html
Licensing conditions for OCaml
OCaml is released under the LGPL.
http://pauillac.inria.fr/ocaml/LICENSE.htm...
IBM - Common Public License (CPL)
Open source software license.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/lice...
The Artistic License
Perl package license.
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artisti...
Open Group Public License
Open Motif Graphical GUI Software, Public End User License.
http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/license...
BSD: NetBSD Licensing and Redistribution
License patterned after FreeBSD Copyright.
http://www.netbsd.org/Goals/redistribution...
Mozart License Agreement
Mozart: an implementation of Oz 3 programming language.
http://www.mozart-oz.org/LICENSE.html
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