 | CopyLeft License : Every Open Source License |
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| CopyLeft License : Every Open Source License |
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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!
This archive contains 729 texts, with 682,528 words or 4,889,496 characters.
SGI FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE B (Version 1.0 [1/25/2000]) 1. Definitions. "Additional Notice Provisions" means such additional provisions as appear in the Notice in Original Code under the heading "Additional Notice Provisions." "API" means an application programming interface established by SGI in conjunction with the Original Code. "Covered Code" means the Original Code or Modifications or the combination of the Original Code and Modifications, in each case including portions thereof. "Hardware" means any physical device that accepts input, processes input, stores the results of processing, and/or provides output. "Larger Work" means a work which combines Covered Code or portions thereof with code not governed by the terms of this L...
EFF Open Audio License: Version 1.0.1 Changes from ver. 1.0[.0]: Typo corrections; no substantive changes. I. Preamble II. Terms of Use III. How to Use this License I. PREAMBLE Principles Digital technology and the Internet can empower artists to reach a worldwide audience and to build upon each other's ideas and imagination with extremely low production and distribution costs. Many software developers, through both the open source software initiative and the free software movement, have long taken advantage of these facts to create a vibrant community of shared software that benefits creators and the public. EFF's Open Audio License provides a legal tool that borrows from both movements providi...
The rental, public playing, broadcasting, copying and distribution of this musical piece in whole or in part, in any format, and usage of the lyrics in whole or in part, is PERMITTED, even without the specific consent of the holder of the copyright for this work, under the condition that any by-product and derived work of this musical piece wil be published under the same conditions and accompanied by this statement.
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works. The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation, use the GNU General Public License for most of o...
Sun Industry Standards Source License - Version 1.1 1.0 DEFINITIONS 1.1 "Commercial Use" means distribution or otherwise making the Original Code available to a third party. 1.2 "Contributor Version" means the combination of the Original Code, and the Modifications made by that particular Contributor. 1.3 "Electronic Distribution Mechanism" means a mechanism generally accepted in the software development community for the electronic transfer of data. 1.4 "Executable" means Original Code in any form other than Source Code. 1.5 "Initial Developer" means the individual or entity identified as the Initial Developer in the Source Code notice required by Exhibit A. 1.6 "Larger Work" means a work which combines Origina...
