Copyleft licenses are also known as reciprocate, share-alike or restrictive licenses. These licenses allow you to modify the licensed code and distribute new works based on it, as long as you distribute any new works or adaptations under the same…
Permissive licenses are also known as BSD-style or Apache-style licenses. They contain minimal requirements about how the software can be modified or redistributed, clauses that are not existent in public domain or public domain equivalent licenses.. Permissive licenses are more…
A software license is a written or digital document accompanying the software the defines the terms and conditions to use it. It is based on copyright laws, that protects the source code behind software. This post enumerates the main categories…
An open license, also called free license, in the context of digital content, concedes a set of conditions to an original work that grants permission for anyone to make use, modify and distribute, that work as long as they follow…
This post is an introduction to free and open data licenses. List of Open Data Licenses Open data licenses: Open content licenses like Creative Commons also apply. PPDL Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PPDL). It is published…
Take into account that while it may be free as in “gratis”, its use may be restricted by its license. For example, a CC-by is free of use, but if you use this artwork you need to explicitly specify the…
This post summarizes the types of software licenses. When comparing software licenses, some are more permissive or restrictive than others, indicating that the limitations of use are more expanded or limited. These licenses are introduced on this post in descending…