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.

1. DefinitionsAuthor/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 communication to the public by satellite and cable retransmission.Derivative work: a work based upon another work/s.Distribution: the marketing, the placing in circulation or the making available to the public, by whatever means and for whatever purpose, of a work or of copies thereof.Elaboration: all forms of modification, adaptation and transformation of a work.Lending: the making available for use of originals, of copies or of carriers of copyright works, for a limited period of time ...

Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Charlie Poole Copyright (c) 2002-2004 James W. Newkirk, Michael C. Two, Alexei A. Vorontsov Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Philip A. Craig This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions: 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment (see the following) in the product documenta...

The author of this work hereby waives all claim of copyright (economic and moral) in this work and immediately places it in the public domain; it may be used, distorted or destroyed in any manner whatsoever without further attribution or notice to the creator.

PUBLIC DOCUMENTATION LICENSE Version 1.0 1.0 DEFINITIONS. 1.1. "Commercial Use" means distribution or otherwise making the Documentation available to a third party. 1.2. "Contributor" means a person or entity who creates or contributes to the creation of Modifications. 1.3. "Documentation" means the Original Documentation or Modifications or the combination of the Original Documentation and Modifications, in each case including portions thereof. 1.4. "Electronic Distribution Mechanism" means a mechanism generally accepted for the electronic transfer of data. 1.5. "Initial Writer" means the individual or entity identified as the Initial Writer in the notice required by the Appendix. 1.6. ...

Version 6.6, April 2013 OPEN CASCADE releases and makes publicly available the source code of the software Open CASCADE Technology to the free software development community under the terms and conditions of this license. It is not the purpose of this license to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims; this license has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system, which is implemented by public license practices. Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is w...

People : Open Source Enthusiasts

A collection of open source and copyleft license writers.

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