CopyLeft License : Every Open Source License

Welcome to CopyLeftLicense.com! Here you will find an archive of all the copyleft and open source licenses that have been published in the past. From Beerware Licensing, where you need to buy a beer for the open source programmer if you see them in a bar, to the fine-tuned and legally-curated Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) License, we have it all. By knowing where we've come from, we might be able to learn where to go!

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Licenses : Open Source and CopyLeft Licenses

A collection of open source and copyleft licenses.

Note that this license is not endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. It is available here as a convenience to readers of the license list. DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION Copyright © 1999-2001 Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org> Verbatim copying of this document is permitted, in any medium. 0. PREAMBLE. Copyright law gives certain exclusive rights to the author of a work, including the rights to copy, modify and distribute the work (the "reproductive," "adaptative," and "distribution" rights). The idea of "copyleft" is to willfully revoke the exclusivity of those rights under certain terms and conditions, so that anyone can copy and distribute the work ...

1. DefinitionsAccess control mechanism: a technological measure which, in the ordinary course of its operation, requires the application of information, or a process or a treatment, with the authority of the copyright owner or related rights owner, to gain access to the work.Acts authorised by licensor: acts concerning granted rights (in particular, act of access, act of copy, act of modification, act of sharing).Acts not authorised by licensor: acts concerning copyright or possible moral rights.Author/s: the creator/s of an original work or the creator/s of a derivative work.Broadcasting: the use of any means of distribution over a distance, such as telegraph, telephone, radio, television and other comparable media, including comm...

Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Xerox Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Use and copying of this software and preparation of derivative works based upon this software are permitted. Any copy of this software or of any derivative work must include the above copyright notice of Xerox Corporation, this paragraph and the one after it. Any distribution of this software or derivative works must comply with all applicable United States export control laws. This software is made available AS IS, and XEROX CORPORATION DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION CONTAINED HEREIN, ANY LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES...

LHa License Version 1.0 Original Source Code License Statement: Copyright (C) MCMLXXXIX Yooichi.Tagawa Original Authors License Statement (from man/lha.man, translated by Osamu Aoki ): Permission is given for redistribution, copy, and modification provided following conditions are met. 1. Do not remove copyright clause. 2. Distribution shall conform: a. The content of redistribution (i.e., source code, documentation, and reference guide for programmers) shall include original contents. If contents are modified, the document clearly indicating the fact of modification must be included. b. If LHa is redistributed with added values, you must put your best effort to include them (Translator comment: If read literally...

STANDARD ML OF NEW JERSEY COPYRIGHT NOTICE, LICENSE AND DISCLAIMER. Copyright (c) 1989-1998 by Lucent Technologies Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs or any Lucent entity not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission. Lucent disclaims all warranties with regard to this software, including all implied warranties of ...

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