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.
Affero - General Public License
Copyleft license, derived from the GNU-GPL, designed to protect software distributed as web services.
Amoeba copyright notice
A free software OS.
Amulet License Agreement
CMU Amulet Toolkit License Agreement.
Apache Server License
Also in the source code.
Apple: Apple Public Source License (APSL)
Apple's license for software released as source code.
Apple/Disney: Squeak license
Project and license ran unchanged and uninterrupted even during transition to different corporation.
The Artistic License
Perl package license.
Bixoft Public License
A proposal for an Open Source license that clearly distinguishes between software programs and programming tools.
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.
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.
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).
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