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Open Source Licenses

The licenses listed here meet the requirements of the Free Software Definition and Open Source Definition. They are divided into the following categories according to their licensing characteristics:

Software under such licenses may be referred to as Free or Open Source Software. For some of the listed licenses it is controversial or unclear whether these requirements are fulfilled, since the relevant definitions, the free software definition and the open source definition are not identical and license texts are not always clearly written. These licenses are marked with β€œunclear classification”.

Licenses without Copyleft aka Permissive Licenses

Licenses without copyleft are characterized by the fact that they grant the licensee all freedoms of an open source license and do not contain any conditions regarding the type of license to be used for modifications of the software. This allows the licensee to redistribute modified versions of the software under any license conditions, i.e. also convert them into proprietary software.

Licence Text SPDX-tag
4Suite License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-4suite-1.1
Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ AFL-1.1
Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ AFL-1.2
Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ AFL-2.0
Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 2.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ AFL-2.1
Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 3.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ AFL-3.0
Apache License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Apache-1.0
Apache License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Apache-1.1
Apache License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Apache-2.0
Beerware License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Beerware
Boost Software License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BSL-1.0
BSD 2-clause β€œSimplified” or β€œFreeBSD” License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
BSD 3-clause β€œNew” or β€œRevised” License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BSD-3-Clause
BSD 4-clause β€œOriginal” or β€œOld” License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BSD-4-Clause
CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CECILL-B
Christian Software Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
CNRI Python License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CNRI-Python
CNRI Jython License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CNRI-Jython
Condor Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Condor-1.1
Contrat de License de Logiciel Libre CeCILL-B πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CECILL-B
Cougaar Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-cosl
Cryptix General License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Curl License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ curl
Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-wtfpl-1.0
Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ WTFPL
Eclipse Distribution License (v 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BSD-3-Clause
Educational Community License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ECL-1.0
Educational Community License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ECL-2.0
Eiffel Forum License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ EFL-1.0
Eiffel Forum License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ EFL-2.0
Entessa Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Entessa
EU DataGrid Software License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ EUDatagrid
Fair License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Fair
Free Fuzzy Logic Library Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
FreeType Project License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ FTL
FSF Unlimited License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ FSFUL
Galen Open Source License (GOSL) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
GD License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GD
Globus Toolkit Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-gtpl-v1
Globus Toolkit Public License (GTPL) (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-gtpl-v2
ICU License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ICU
ImageMagick Terms and Conditions for Use, Reproduction, and Distribution πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ImageMagick
Independent JPEG Group License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ IJG
ISC License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ISC
JDOM License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-jdom
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer (HPND) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ HPND
Horde Apache-like License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Horde BSD-like License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
XPP / Indiana Extreme License, Version 1.2 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ xpp
Intel Open Source License for CDSA/CSSM Implementation πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
ISC License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ISC
JasPer License Version 2.0 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ JasPer-2.0
JSON License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ JSON
Libpng License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Libpng
Lua Copyright notice πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Lucent Public License Version (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LPL-1.0
Lucent Public License Version (v. 1.02) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LPL-1.02
Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL) (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MS-PL
MirOS License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MirOS
MIT License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MIT
Mozart License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Mulan Permissive Software License,Version 1 (Mulan PSL v1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MulanPSL-1.0
Mulan Permissive Software License,Version 2 (Mulan PSL v2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MulanPSL-2.0
Naumen Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Naumen
NTP License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NTP
NUnit License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Nunit
OGC Software License, Version 1.0 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OGC-1.0
Open Group Test Suite License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OGTSL
Open Media Group Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-1.1
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-1.2
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 1.3) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-1.3
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 1.4) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-1.4
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.0
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.0.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.0.1
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.1
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.2
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.3) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.3
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.4) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.4
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.5) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.5
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.6) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.6
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.7) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.7
OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.8) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OLDAP-2.8
OpenSSL License (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OpenSSL
Pangeia Informatica Copyright (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Phorum License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-phorum-2.0
PHP License (v. 3.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ PHP-3.0
PHP License (v. 3.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ PHP-3.01
PostgreSQL License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ PostgreSQL
Privaria Attribution Assurance License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Python 2.0.1 License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Python-2.0.1
Python 2.4.2 License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Python Software Foundation License (v. 2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ PSF-2.0
Ruby License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Ruby
Sendmail License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Sendmail
skyBuilders Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
SpeechWorks Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-speechworks-1.1
Standard ML of New Jersey Copyright Notice πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SMLNJ
Suneido Free Software License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Tcl/Tk License Terms πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ TCL
Tea Software License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
The β€œNo problem Bugroff” license πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Trusster Open Source License (v. 1.0a) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ TOSL
Udanax Open-Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Universal Permissive License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UPL-1.0
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (NSCA) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NCSA
The Unlicense πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Unlicense
vbAccelerator Software License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Vovida Software License v 1.0 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ VSL-1.0
W3C Software License 2023 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-w3c-software-2023
W3C Software Notice and License 2002-12-31 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ W3C
Wide Open License (WOL) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-wol
X11 License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ X11
X Window System License [πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§](https://web.archive.org/web/20050406051821/%20http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html -
X.Net License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Xnet
XFree86 Licence (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ XFree86-1.1
xinetd License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ xinetd
Zlib license πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Zlib
Zope Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ZPL-1.1
Zope Public License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ZPL-2.0
Zope Public License (v. 2.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ZPL-2.1

Licenses with Strong Copyleft

In the case of licenses with a strict copyleft effect, the licensee is obliged to distribute works derived from the original software only under the conditions of the original license. However, the licenses listed here are not necessarily β€œGPL-compatible”.

GPL-style Licenses

The licenses listed here contain the different GPL versions and derived license texts. There are also some GPL variants with exceptions from the strong copyleft. These licenses with exceptions are then to be understood as weak copyleft, but are listed here for the sake of a better orientation.

Licence Text SPDX-tag
Affero General Public License (v. 1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ AGPL-1.0
Affero General Public License (v. 2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Alternate Route Open Source License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
CrossPoint Quelltextlizenz πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
eCos License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ eCos-2.0
FreeCard License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL-3.0) (v. 3.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ AGPL-3.0
GNU Emacs General Public License 1988 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-gnu-emacs-gpl-1988
GNU General Public License (GPL) (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GPL-1.0
GNU General Public License (GPL) (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GPL-2.0
GNU General Public License (GPL) (v. 3.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ GPL-3.0
Honest Public License (HPL) (v 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Honest Public License (HPL) (v 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Nethack General Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NGPL
Open RTLinux Patent License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
RedHat eCos Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ RHeCos-1.1
Simple Public License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SimPL-2.0
Sleepycat License (einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Sleepycat

Other Licenses with Strong Copyleft

Licence Text SPDX-tag
Arphic Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Arphic-1999
Contrat de License de Logiciel Libre CeCILL (v. 1.0) πŸ‡«πŸ‡· πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CECILL-1.1
Contrat de License de Logiciel Libre CeCILL (v. 2.0) πŸ‡«πŸ‡· πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CECILL-2.0
Contrat de License de Logiciel Libre CeCILL (v. 2.1) πŸ‡«πŸ‡· πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CECILL-2.1
Common Public License (v. 0.5) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-cpl-0.5
Common Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CPL-1.0
Cryptographic Autonomy License (v.1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CAL-1.0
Deutsche Freie Softwarelizenz (d-fsl) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ D-FSL-1.0
Eclipse Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ EPL-1.0
European Union Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ EUPL-1.0
European Union Public Licence (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ EUPL-1.1
European Union Public Licence (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ EUPL-1.2
German Free Software License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-d-fsl-1.0-en
IBM Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ IPL-1.0
Intel Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Intel
IPA Font License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ IPA
No Limit Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NLPL
Non-Profit Open Software License 3.0 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NPOSL-3.0
Open Group Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-opengroup-pl
Open Software License 1.0 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OSL-1.0
Open Software License 2.0 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OSL-2.0
Open Software License 2.1 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OSL-2.1
Open Software License 3.0 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OSL-3.0
Reciprocal Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Reciprocal Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ RPL-1.1
Reciprocal Public License (v. 1.3) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Reciprocal Public License (v. 1.5) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ RPL-1.5
SIL Open Font License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OFL-1.0
SIL Open Font License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OFL-1.1
Salutation Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Software AG License Terms (Quip License) (v. 1.3) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Transitive Grace Period Public Licence (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ TGPPL-1.0
vhf Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-vhfpl-1.1
VOSTROM Public License for Open Source πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ VOSTROM

Licenses with Weak Copyleft

Licenses with weak copyleft have a copyleft effect, which does not include all derived works, but contains defined exceptions.

MPL-style Licenses

MPL-style licenses have file-based Copyleft, i.e. if modifications of the software are implemented in separate files, these files can also be redistributed under other, e.g. proprietary license terms. The aim is to facilitate the combination of software under different license types.

Licence Text SPDX-tag
Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CDDL-1.0
Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.1 (CDDL v 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CDDL-1.1
Common Public Attribution License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CPAL-1.0
Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CATOSL-1.1
Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
CUA Office Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CUA-OPL-1.0
Erlang Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ErlPL-1.1
gSOAP Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
gSOAP Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
gSOAP Public License (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
gSOAP Public License (v. 1.3) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
gSOAP Public License (v. 1.3a) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-gsoap-1.3a
gSOAP Public License (v. 1.3b) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ gSOAP-1.3b
ICS Open Source Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Interbase Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Interbase-1.0
Mozilla Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MPL-1.0
Mozilla Public License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MPL-1.1
Mozilla Public License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MPL-2.0
NASA Open Source Agreement (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
NASA Open Source Agreement (v. 1.3) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NASA-1.3
Netizen Open Source License (NOSL) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NOSL
Nokia Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Nokia
Open Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OPL-1.0
Open Telecom Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Openbravo Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
OpenC++ License Terms πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Red Hat eCos Public License (RHEPL) (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ RHeCos-1.1
Ricoh Source Code Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ RSCPL
SNIA Public License Version (v.1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SNIA
SugarCRM Public License (v. 1.1.3) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SugarCRM-1.1.3
Sun Industry Standards Source License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-sun-sissl-1.0
Sun Industry Standards Source License (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SISSL
Sun Industry Standards Source License (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SISSL-1.2
Sun Public License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SPL-1.0
Sybase Open Watcom Public License 1.0 (FTP Link) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Watcom-1.0
Zend License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Zend-2.0
Zenplex Public License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Vtiger Public License (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ -
Zimbra Public License (ZPL) (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Zimbra Publice License (v. 1.3) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Zimbra-1.3
Zimbra Publice License (v. 1.4) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Zimbra-1.4

Other Licenses with Weak Copyleft

Licence Text SPDX-tag
Adaptive Public License (v.1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ APL-1.0
Apple Public Source License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ APSL-2.0
BitTorrent Open Source License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BitTorrent-1.0
Bremer Lizenz fΓΌr freie Softwarebibliotheken (OSCI-Lizenz) (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
CeCILL-C Free Software License Agreement πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CECILL-C
CUPS License Agreement πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-cups
CUPS Apple OS Exception to GPL and LGPL πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-cups-apple-os-exception
Contrat de License de Logiciel Libre CeCILL-C πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CECILL-C
Cougaar Open Source License Agreement (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-cosl
Eclipse Public License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ EPL-2.0
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Bison exception πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GPL-2.0-with-bison-exception
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Classpath exception πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GPL-2.0-with-classpath-exception
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Font exception πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GPL-2.0-with-font-exception
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/GCC Runtime Library exception πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GPL-2.0-with-GCC-exception
GNU General Public License v3.0 w/Autoconf exception πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GPL-3.0-with-autoconf-exception
GNU General Public License v3.0 w/GCC Runtime Library exception (RLE 3.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception
GNU General Public License v3.0 w/GCC Runtime Library exception (RLE 3.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
GNU Library General Public License (LGPL) (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LGPL-2.0
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) (v. 2.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LGPL-2.1
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) (v. 3.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ LGPL-3.0
Hi-Potent Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Jabber Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LicenseRef-scancode-josl-1.0
Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ MS-RL
Motosoto Open Source License (v. 0.9.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Motosoto
Open CASCADE Technology Public License (v. 6.6) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ OCCT-PL
wxWindows License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
wxWindows Library License (v. 3.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
wxWindows Library License (v. 3.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Yahoo! Public License (YPL) (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ YPL-1.1

Licenses with Choice Options

Some licenses have different legal consequences, depending on how extensive a modification is. In addition, the licensee is given various options as to how further developments can be redistributed.

Licence Text SPDX-tag
ANTLR-PD License (v.2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ANTLR-PD
Artistic License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Artistic-1.0
Artistic License (v. 2.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Artistic-2.0
Clarified Artistic License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ClArtistic
Frameworx Open License (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Frameworx-1.0
Keith Devens’ Open Source License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LPPL-1.0
LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.1) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LPPL-1.1
LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.2) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LPPL-1.2
LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.3b) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ -
LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.3c) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ LPPL-1.3c
Physnet Package License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Ruby License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Ruby
SFL License Agreement πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ iMatix
SGI Free Software License B (v. 1.0) (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SGI-B-1.0
SGI Free Software License B (v. 1.1) (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SGI-B-1.1
Short code license πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Sleepycat Software Product License (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Vim License πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Vim

Licenses with Privileges

The licenses with privileges grant the licensees all of the rights that make up Free Software, but at the same time provide special privileges for the licensor in the event of modifications by the licensee. These licenses are mostly used with programs that were originally distributed proprietarily.

Licence Text SPDX-tag
Apple Public Source License 1.0 (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ APSL-1.0
Apple Public Source License 1.1 (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ APSL-1.1
Apple Public Source License 1.2 (Einordnung unklar) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ APSL-1.2
Macromedia Open Source License Agreement (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ -
Netscape Public License (NPL) (v. 1.0) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NPL-1.0
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