This post summarizes hints about how to choose a free and open source software (FOSS) license. Choosing a FOSS License There is no a perfect open source licenses that can is suitable for all situations. It depends on the biggest…
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…
Apart from public domain, there are licenses that are considered public-domain-equivalent licenses and are very short licenses that keep no rights on the software. People considering releasing a software as public domain or equivalent should take into account that releasing…
This post is an introduction to free and open source software (FOSS) licenses. This post is part of the series of articles, whose main post is Software Licenses. Definition of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Licenses In the world…
Source-available, viewable, shared, or read-only open-source software licenses are those that allow the code to be seen but is has restrictions on its modification, distribution and use so it makes it not eligible for FOSS. As it allows to access…
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 introduces to free, libre or open content licenses. The term “content” is used to refer to the combination of text, images, sound and/or artwork. This post is part of the main post about open licenses. Relationship between Open…
This post gives some hints about how to use a GNU license (GPL, LGPL, AGPL) in a software project. Free Software Foundation (FSF) explains what it needs to be done on this external link. There are some additional instructions on…
This post covers some aspects related to software license Apache License, version 2.0. Introduction to Apache License, version 2.0 Apache License, version 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. Apache orginal license was a copy of BSD. Among the most popular…