Difference between revisions of "FOSS licenses"

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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:

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	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.		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.