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.

Version 1.1, 25 August 1998 Copyright 1998, The OpenLDAP Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Note: This license is derived from the "Artistic License" as distributed with the Perl Programming Language. Its terms are different from those of the "Artistic License." PREAMBLE The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make reasonable modifications. Definitions: "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the Copyrigh...

Vovida Software License v. 1.0 This license applies to all software incorporated in the "Vovida Open Communication Application Library" except for those portions incorporating third party software specifically identified as being licensed under separate license. The Vovida Software License, Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 2000 Vovida Networks, 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: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, t...

Please read the license carefully---it is somewhat like the GNU General Public License, but there are several conditions in it that differ from what you may be used to. If you have any questions, please email the LDP coordinator, Guylhem Aznar. Note: All Linux Documentation Project manuals are copyrighted by their respective authors. THEY ARE NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. The Linux Documentation Project manuals (guides) may be reproduced and distributed in whole or in part, subject to the following conditions: The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be preserved complete on all complete or partial copies. Any translation or derivative work of Linux Installation and Gettin...

COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION (C) COPYRIGHT 2004 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO This program discloses material protectable under copyright laws of the United States. Permission to copy and modify this software and its documentation is hereby granted, provided that this notice is retained thereon and on all copies or modifications. The University of Chicago makes no representations as to the suitability and operability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"; without express or implied warranty. Permission is hereby granted to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works, and to redistribute to others, so long as this original copyright notice is retained. Any publication resulting from research that made use of this software should cit...

Independent JPEG Group License LEGAL ISSUES In plain English: 1. We don't promise that this software works. (But if you find any bugs, please let us know!) 2. You can use this software for whatever you want. You don't have to pay us. 3. You may not pretend that you wrote this software. If you use it in a program, you must acknowledge somewhere in your documentation that you've used the IJG code. In legalese: The authors make NO WARRANTY or representation, either express or implied, with respect to this software, its quality, accuracy, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you, its user, assume the entire risk as to its quality and accuracy. This software is co...

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