The "No problem Bugroff" license. Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation devised, in addition to some marvelous software, the GNU General Public License (GPL for short). Or the CopyLeft it is sometimes called. It is quite a revolutionary document, using the "copyright" tool to to protect your right to use free software. Unfortunately using copyright to protect free software is a lot like using a Jackal to guard the hens. In fact, various inconveniences relating to this have resulted in modifications such as the LGPL (Library General Public License) and more recently the NPL (Netscape Public License) I call these matters mere inconveniences, the real damage will occur when the Jackal's, (sorry, I mean lawye...

SCILAB License ************** 1- Preface ********** The aim of this license is to lay down the conditions enabling you to use, modify and circulate the SOFTWARE. However, INRIA and ENPC remain the authors of the SOFTWARE and so retain property rights and the use of all ancillary rights. 2- Definitions ************** The SOFTWARE is defined as all successive versions of SCILAB software and their documentation that have been developed by INRIA and ENPC. SCILAB DERIVED SOFTWARE is defined as all or part of the SOFTWARE that you have modified and/or translated and/or adapted. SCILAB COMPOSITE SOFTWARE is defined as all or a part of the SOFTWARE that you have interfaced with a software, an application package or a to...

The TAPR Open Hardware License Version 1.0 (May 25, 2007) Copyright 2007 TAPR - http://www.tapr.org/OHL PREAMBLE Open Hardware is a thing - a physical artifact, either electrical or mechanical - whose design information is available to, and usable by, the public in a way that allows anyone to make, modify, distribute, and use that thing. In this preface, design information is called "documentation" and things created from it are called "products." The TAPR Open Hardware License ("OHL") agreement provides a legal framework for Open Hardware projects. It may be used for any kind of product, be it a hammer or a computer motherboard, and is TAPR's contribution to the community; anyone may use the OHL for their Open Hardware proj...

Condor Public License Version 1.1, October 30, 2003 Copyright © 1990-2006 Condor Team, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All Rights Reserved. For more information contact: Condor Team, Attention: Professor Miron Livny, Dept of Computer Sciences, 1210 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706-1685, (608) 262-0856 or miron@cs.wisc.edu. This software referred to as the Condor® Version 6.x software ("Software") was developed by the Condor Project, Condor Team, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, under the authority of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and includes voluntary contributions made to the Condor Project ("Copyright Holders and Contributors ...

The Cougaar Open Source License Agreement Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The Cougaar Group. All rights reserved.  This Cougaar Open Source License Agreement (the 'Agreement') sets forth the terms and conditions under which the Cougaar Software (as defined below), sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Agency, will be licensed by BBNT Solutions, LLC ('BBN') or other identified copyright holder called ('Licensor') to you ('Licensee' or 'You'), and under which Derivative Works (as defined below) of Cougaar Software will be licensed by Licensee to Licensor and the Cougaar Group.  Definitions:   'Cougaar Software' means the Cognitive Agent Architecture software originally created and released by Licensor under this Agreement.  '...