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.

Open Source Initiative OSI - Adaptive Public License 1.0 ADAPTIVE PUBLIC LICENSE Version 1.0 THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ADAPTIVE PUBLIC LICENSE ("LICENSE"). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE LICENSED WORK CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE AND ITS TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH RECIPIENT READS THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. "LICENSED WORK" AND "RECIPIENT" ARE DEFINED BELOW. IMPORTANT NOTE: This License is "adaptive", and the generic version or another version of an Adaptive Public License should not be relied upon to determine your rights and obligations under this License. You must...

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...

Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute, execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to do so, all subject to the following: The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer, must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies o...

---- Part 1: CMU/UCD copyright notice: (BSD like) ----- Copyright 1989, 1991, 1992 by Carnegie Mellon University Derivative Work - 1996, 1998-2000 Copyright 1996, 1998-2000 The Regents of the University of California All Rights Reserved Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of CMU and The Regents of the University of California not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific written permission. CMU AN...

This software code is made available "AS IS" without warranties of any kind. You may copy, display, modify and redistribute the software code either by itself or as incorporated into your code; provided that you do not remove any proprietary notices. Your use of this software code is at your own risk and you waive any claim against Amazon Digital Services, Inc. or its affiliates with respect to your use of this software code. (c) 2006 Amazon Digital Services, Inc. or its affiliates.

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