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  1. 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...

  2. 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 …

  3. Licenses Archive - Open Source Initiative

    Licenses Archive - Open Source Initiative

  4. 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 …

  5. 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).

  6. 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.

  7. 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 …

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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 …

  10. 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 ...