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| − | [[Apache_License_2|Apache License, 2.0 (Apache-2.0)]] | + | * [[Apache_License_2|Apache License, 2.0 (Apache-2.0)]] |
| − | [[BSD_3-Clause_License|BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" license (BSD-3-Clause)]] | + | * [[BSD_3-Clause_License|BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" license (BSD-3-Clause)]] |
| − | [[BSD_2-Clause_License|BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" license (BSD-2-Clause)]] | + | * [[BSD_2-Clause_License|BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" license (BSD-2-Clause)]] |
| − | [[GPLv3-license|GNU General Public License 3.0 (GPL)]] | + | * [[GPLv3-license|GNU General Public License 3.0 (GPL)]] |
| − | [[GPLv2-license|GNU General Public License 2.0 (GPL)]] | + | * [[GPLv2-license|GNU General Public License 2.0 (GPL)]] |
| − | [[GNU_LESSER_GENERAL_PUBLIC_LICENSE_v3|GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL)]] | + | * [[GNU_LESSER_GENERAL_PUBLIC_LICENSE_v3|GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL)]] |
| − | [[MIT_license|MIT license (MIT)]] | + | * [[MIT_license|MIT license (MIT)]] |
| − | [[Mozilla_Public_License_v2|Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)]] | + | * [[Mozilla_Public_License_v2|Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)]] |
| − | [[Common_Development_and_Distribution_License|Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL-1.0)]] | + | * [[Common_Development_and_Distribution_License|Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL-1.0)]] |
| − | [[Eclipse_Public_License|Eclipse Public License (EPL-1.0)]] | + | * [[Eclipse_Public_License|Eclipse Public License (EPL-1.0)]] |
Revision as of 04:22, 23 May 2016
There is a various groups sort and publish approved lists of FOSS “Free and Open Source Software” licenses. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is one such organization keeping a list of open-source licenses. The Free Software 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. "Free software" and "open source software" are two terms for the same thing: software released under licenses that guarantee a certain, specific set of freedoms.
The FSF's Free Software definition focuses on the user's unrestricted rights to use a program, to study and modify it, to copy it, and redistribute it for any purpose, which are considered by the FSF the four essential freedoms.
The OSI's open-source criteria focuses on the availability of the source code and the advantages of an unrestricted and community driven development model.
This is a list of Licenses that are popular, widely, or with strong communities as listed by OSI:
- Apache License, 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
- BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" license (BSD-3-Clause)
- BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" license (BSD-2-Clause)
- GNU General Public License 3.0 (GPL)
- GNU General Public License 2.0 (GPL)
- GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL)
- MIT license (MIT)
- Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
- Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL-1.0)
- Eclipse Public License (EPL-1.0)