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http://www.stromian.com/Open_Source_Licensing.htm
Open Source Software Licensing Page Open in a new browser windowEditor's Pick
   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.
   http://www.stromian.com/Open_Source_Licensing.htm

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BSD: FreeBSD Copyright Open in a new browser window  
   License for FreeBSD operating system.
   http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html
Aladdin Free Public License (AFPL) Open in a new browser window  
   For Ghostscript, by Aladdin Enterprises.
   ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin/PUBLIC
Apple/Disney: Squeak license Open in a new browser window  
   Project and license ran unchanged and uninterrupted even during transition to different corporation.
   http://squeak.org/license.html
BSD: 4.4BSD Copyright Open in a new browser window  
   License for 4.4BSD.
   http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/license.html
BSD: NetBSD Licensing and Redistribution Open in a new browser window  
   License patterned after FreeBSD Copyright.
   http://www.netbsd.org/Goals/redistribution.html
BSD: OpenBSD Copyright Policy Open in a new browser window  
   License and background on Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group copyrights.
   http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html
Netscape: Mozilla Public License (MozPL) version 1.0 Open in a new browser window  
   Follows the Debian Free Software guidelines.
   http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/MPL-1.0.html
OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition Open in a new browser window  
   Not a license itself, but a definition of what conditions a license must fulfill in order to be termed an Open Source license.
   http://www.opensource.org/osd.html
Eiffel: ISE Free Eiffel Library License (IFELL) Open in a new browser window  
   For the EiffelBase library.
   http://www.eiffel.com/products/base/license.html
GNU General Public License (GPL) Open in a new browser window  
   One standard for licensing free software.
   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Open in a new browser window  
   Formerly: GNU Library GPL.
   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html
Python Copyright Open in a new browser window  
   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 Open in a new browser window  
   A chart comparing attributes of major licenses, including the option to select your bias.
   http://yoyo.org/~pgl/lqr/
eCos License Overview Open in a new browser window  
   Summary of license for Red Hat eCos operating system.
   http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/license-overview.html
x-kernel Copyright Notice Open in a new browser window  
   Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona.
   http://www.cs.arizona.edu/xkernel/copyright.html
Zope Public License (ZPL) Open in a new browser window  
   Patterned after Apache license.
   http://www.zope.org/Resources/License/
E Licenses Open in a new browser window  
   Mozilla or Mozilla compatible, for E programming language.
   http://www.erights.org/download/licenses.html
Apache Server License Open in a new browser window  
   Also in the source code.
   http://www.apache.org/LICENSE.txt
Licensing conditions for OCaml Open in a new browser window  
   OCaml is released under the LGPL.
   http://pauillac.inria.fr/ocaml/LICENSE.html
Debian Social Contract Open in a new browser window  
   License for Debian GNU/Linux.
   http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html
LaTeX Project Public License Open in a new browser window  
   Particularly suited for TeX-related programs.
   http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.html
Amulet License Agreement Open in a new browser window  
   CMU Amulet Toolkit License Agreement.
   http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/amulet/amulet3/manual/overview.html#1002211
Amoeba copyright notice Open in a new browser window  
   A free software OS.
   http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/amoeba/COPYRIGHT
License information for Xinu software Open in a new browser window  
   License for the XINU operating system
   http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/xlicense.html
Apple: Apple Public Source License (APSL) Open in a new browser window  
   Apple's license for software released as source code.
   http://www.publicsource.apple.com/apsl/
Mandrake Linux Licensing Open in a new browser window  
   License for Mandrake Linux, based on the GPL.
   http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flicensing.php3
GNU: List of Licenses Open in a new browser window  
   Various licenses and comments about them.
   http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html
Open Group Public License Open in a new browser window  
   Open Motif Graphical GUI Software, Public End User License.
   http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/license/
GNU Free Documentation License Open in a new browser window  
   A version of the GPL for reference material.
   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
IBM Public License Open in a new browser window  
   Big Blue's Open Source License.
   http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license10.html
Christian Software Public License (CSPL) Open in a new browser window  
   Christianized variant of BSD license.
   http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/cspl.html
Lucent Technologies, Inc. Open in a new browser window  
   Plan 9 Open Source license agreement
   http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/license.html
Tcl/Tk License Terms Open in a new browser window  
   By Regents of the University of California, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Scriptics Corp., others.
   http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcltk/license_terms.html
Mozart License Agreement Open in a new browser window  
   Mozart: an implementation of Oz 3 programming language.
   http://www.mozart-oz.org/LICENSE.html
Ricoh Source Code Public License Open in a new browser window  
   Ricoh Company, Ltd., makes communication and office automation systems.
   http://www.risource.org/RPL/RPL-1.0A.shtml
Ruby License Open in a new browser window  
   Dual terms: use GPL terms or its own terms.
   http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt
W3C IPR Software Notice Open in a new browser window  
   W3C = World Wide Web Consortium, one of the Internet's main standard-setting bodies.
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software-19980720
Aleph license Open in a new browser window  
   Programming language free for personal or commercial use.
   http://www.aleph-lang.org/main/license.htm
Vita Nuova Inferno Subscription License Open in a new browser window  
   Fee based, partly open source, for Lucent network OS.
   http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/licence.html
SFL License Agreement Open in a new browser window  
   Covers iMatix Corp., Standard Function Library (C/C++), its source code, documentation, executable files.
   http://www.imatix.com/html/sfl/sfl4.htm
EFF Archive: Intellectual Property: Open Licenses Open in a new browser window  
   Electronic Frontier Foundation page on licenses, includes EFF Open Audio License (OAL).
   http://www.eff.org/IP/Open_licenses/
Lua Copyright notice Open in a new browser window  
   From Brazil, programming language framework.
   http://www.lua.org/copyright.html
eCos: Red Hat eCos Public License (RHEPL) Open in a new browser window  
   Variant of Netscape PL.
   http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/
IBM - Common Public License (CPL) Open in a new browser window  
   Open source software license.
   http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/license-cpl.html
Bixoft Public License Open in a new browser window  
   A proposal for an Open Source license that clearly distinguishes between software programs and programming tools.
   http://www.bixoft.nl/english/license.htm
Open Source Initiative - Licenses Open in a new browser window  
   Copies of licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative.
   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/
Freshmeat Open in a new browser window  
   Listings of browseable licenses and articles.
   http://freshmeat.net/browse/13/?topic_id=13
Affero - General Public License Open in a new browser window  
   Copyleft license, derived from the GNU-GPL, designed to protect software distributed as web services.
   http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html
Open Music License Open in a new browser window  
   Music-equivalent to the General Public License.
   http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/showitem.php?item=209&lang=
RTEMS License Information Open in a new browser window  
   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
Commercially Restricted Open Source License Open in a new browser window  
   AN open source license designed to allow community development within a business framework.
   http://www.timpatrick.com/articles/crosl/index.html
Creative Commons Open in a new browser window  
   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/
Trolltech: Q Public License (QPL) Open in a new browser window  
   License for the Qt Free Edition.
   http://www.trolltech.com/licenses/qpl-annotated.html
The Artistic License Open in a new browser window  
   Perl package license.
   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php
Liberal Source Software (LSS) Open in a new browser window  
   Hybrid licensing model, between free and commercial software licenses.
   http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/liblicence.txt
Mozilla and Netscape Public Licenses Open in a new browser window  
   Describes the licensing policy of the Mozilla Foundation, with the full texts of the various licenses, and an FAQ.
   http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing Open in a new browser window  
   Full text of the book by Andrew M. St. Laurent. [PDF]
   http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/book/

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