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.

RECIPROCAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 1.1, November 1, 2002 Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Technical Pursuit Inc., All Rights Reserved. PREAMBLE This Preamble is intended to describe, in plain English, the nature, intent, and scope of this License. However, this Preamble is not a part of this License. The legal effect of this License is dependent only upon the terms of the License and not this Preamble. This License is based on the concept of reciprocity. In exchange for being granted certain rights under the terms of this License to Licensor's Software, whose Source Code You have access to, You are required to reciprocate by providing equal access and rights to all third parties to the Source Code of any Modifications, ...

Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. Please note the following commentary about this “verbatim license” by Eben Moglen: “Our intention in using the phrase ‘verbatim copying in any medium’ is not to require retention of page headings and footers or other formatting features. Retention of weblinks in both hyperlinked and non-hyperlinked media (as notes or some other form of printed URL in non-HTML media) is required”.

Copyright 1994-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistribution of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistribution in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or the names of contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. This soft...

IPA Font License Agreement v1.0 (090305)   The Licensor provides the Licensed Program (as defined in Article 1 below) under the terms of this license agreement ("Agreement").  Any use, reproduction or distribution of the Licensed Program, or any exercise of rights under this Agreement by a Recipient (as defined in Article 1 below) constitutes the Recipient's acceptance of this Agreement.   Article 1 (Definitions) 1.         "Digital Font Program" shall mean a computer program containing, or used to render or display fonts. 2.         "Licensed Program" shall mean a Digital Font Program licensed by the Licensor under this Agreement. 3.         "Derived Program" shall mean a...

The GALEN Open Source License (GOSL) Version 1.0 11th October 1999 The OpenGALEN Clinical Terminology is Copyright © the University of Manchester, UK, the University of Nijmegen, NL, and their contributors. ‘Source Material’ refers to: text files containing Grail source code, GALEN Intermediate Representation dissections, GALEN Intermediate Representation configuration files, or linguistic or other mappings relating to the OpenGALEN Clinical Terminology, AND which contain the following (or substantially similar) notice: "The contents of this file are Copyright © the Universities of Manchester and Nijmegen and are covered by the GALEN Open Source License (GOSL), a copy of which should be found as pa...

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