
Licenses - Open Source Initiative
OSI Approved Licenses Open source licenses are licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition – in brief, they allow software to be freely used, modified, and shared. To be...
Open Source Licenses by Category
Sep 19, 2006 · License Index License Approval Process License Information Origins and definitions of categories from the License Proliferation Committee report In the lists below, a parenthesized …
Licenses Archive - Open Source Initiative
Licenses Archive - Open Source Initiative
Frequently Answered Questions - Open Source Initiative
Oct 21, 2007 · Here are answers to questions we are frequently asked. If you have a question not addressed here, please contact us. Basics of Open Source Distributing and Using Open Source …
Open source licenses: Everything you need to know - Open Source …
Jan 13, 2025 · There are two broad kinds of licenses that meet the formal open source definition as laid out by the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
Four new Open Source licenses - Open Source Initiative
Feb 25, 2021 · Get to know the new OSI-approved Cryptographic Autonomy License and CERN open hardware licenses.
Apache License, Version 2.0 - Open Source Initiative
Feb 8, 2004 · TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION 1. Definitions. “License” shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution as …
The 3-Clause BSD License - Open Source Initiative
Note: This license has also been called the “New BSD License” or “Modified BSD License”. See also the 2-clause BSD License. Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER ...
Introducing the new API for OSI Approved Licenses®
Jun 19, 2025 · The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is excited to announce the availability of a new API service providing access to the canonical list of OSI Approved Licenses®. This service is fully public …
The MIT License - Open Source Initiative
Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files ...