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open source licenses by category open source initiative oct nov dec 30 2021 2022 2023 success fail about this capture timestamps the wayback machine http web archive org web 20221130033048 https opensource org licenses category skip to main content home contact login search form open source initiative about board minutes organization operations articles of incorporation board elections bylaws conflict of interest volunteers staff associations history international authority recognition trademark logo trademark guidelines logo guidelines licenses open source definition licenses by category licenses by name license review process licence proliferation lp report to the board open standards the open standards requirement open standards requirement compliance open standards requirement rationale osr frequently asked questions membership become an osi member membership faq affiliates become an affiliate affiliate criteria mailing lists licensing code of conduct general code of conduct discussion list reports disclaimer for osi public forums policy on public communications and archives resources getting help bibliography open source case for business faq open source education articles books blog sponsors join open source licenses by category license index license approval process license information origins and definitions of categories from the license proliferation committee report in the lists below a parenthesized expression following a license name is its spdx short identifier if one exists except for two items in the first list gnu general public license and gnu lesser general public license for these the parenthesized expressions gpl and lgpl respectively are the common non version specific names of these licenses today note also that the full name of the first version 2 0 of the lgpl is the gnu library general public license there is no non version specific spdx short identifier for the gpl and lgpl licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities the below list is based on publicly available statistics obtained at the time of the report of license proliferation committee apache license 2 0 apache 2 0 3 clause bsd license bsd 3 clause 2 clause bsd license bsd 2 clause gnu general public license gpl gnu lesser general public license lgpl mit license mit mozilla public license 2 0 mpl 2 0 common development and distribution license 1 0 cddl 1 0 eclipse public license 2 0 epl 2 0 international licenses cecill license 2 1 european union public license eupl 1 2 licence libre du québec permissive liliq p version 1 1 liliq p 1 1 licence libre du québec réciprocité liliq r version 1 1 liliq r 1 1 licence libre du québec réciprocité forte liliq r version 1 1 liliq rplus 1 1 mulan permissive software license v2 mulanpsl 2 0 special purpose licenses certain licensors such as schools and the us government have specialized concerns such as specialized rules for government copyrights licenses that were identified by the license proliferation committee as meeting a special need were placed in this group bsd patent bsd 2 clause patent cern open hardware licence version 2 permissive cern open hardware licence version 2 weakly reciprocal cern open hardware licence version 2 strongly reciprocal educational community license version 2 0 ecl 2 0 ipa font license ipa lawrence berkeley national labs bsd variant license bsd 3 clause lbnl nasa open source agreement 1 3 nasa 1 3 oset public license version 2 1 oset pl 2 1 sil open font license 1 1 ofl 1 1 unicode license agreement data files and software the unlicense unlicense upstream compatibility license v1 0 ucl 1 0 other miscellaneous licenses these licenses do not fall neatly into any category 0 clause bsd license 0bsd 1 clause bsd license bsd 1 clause adaptive public license apl 1 0 artistic license 2 0 artistic 2 0 free public license 1 0 0 0bsd jam license jam mit no attribution license mit 0 open software license osl 3 0 q public license qpl 1 0 universal permissive license upl zero clause bsd 0bsd zlib libpng license zlib licenses that are redundant with more popular licenses several licenses in this group are excellent licenses and have their own followings however these licenses were perceived by the license proliferation committee as completely or partially redundant with existing licenses academic free license 3 0 afl 3 0 attribution assurance license aal eiffel forum license v2 0 efl 2 0 fair license fair historical permission notice and disclaimer hpnd lucent public license version 1 02 lpl 1 02 openldap public license version 2 8 oldap 2 8 the postgresql license postgresql university of illinois ncsa open source license ncsa x net license xnet zope public license 2 1 non reusable licenses licenses in this group are specific to their authors and cannot be reused by others many but not all of these licenses fall into the category of vanity licenses apple public source license apsl 2 0 computer associates trusted open source license 1 1 catosl 1 1 ecos license version 2 0 eu datagrid software license eudatagrid entessa public license entessa frameworx license frameworx 1 0 ibm public license 1 0 ipl 1 0 latex project public license 1 3c lppl 1 3c motosoto license motosoto multics license multics naumen public license naumen nethack general public license ngpl nokia open source license nokia oclc research public license 2 0 oclc 2 0 python license python 2 0 cnri python license cnri python cnri portion of python license realnetworks public source license v1 0 rpsl 1 0 ricoh source code public license rscpl sleepycat license sleepycat sun public license 1 0 spl 1 0 sybase open watcom public license 1 0 watcom 1 0 vovida software license v 1 0 vsl 1 0 w3c license w3c wxwindows library license wxwindows superseded licenses licenses in this category have been superseded by newer versions apache software license 1 1 apache 1 1 artistic license 1 0 artistic 1 0 common public license 1 0 cpl 1 0 eclipse public license 1 0 epl 1 0 educational community license version 1 0 ecl 1 0 eiffel forum license v1 0 efl 1 0 eupl v1 1 eupl 1 1 lucent public license plan9 version 1 0 lpl 1 0 mozilla public license 1 0 mpl 1 0 mozilla public license 1 1 mpl 1 1 open software license 1 0 osl 1 0 open software license 2 1 osl 2 1 php license 3 0 php 3 0 reciprocal public license version 1 1 rpl 1 1 zope public license 2 0 zpl 2 0 licenses that have been voluntarily retired self defining category no one should use these licenses going forward although we assume that licensors may or may not choose to continue to use them cua office public license version 1 0 cua opl 1 0 intel open source license intel jabber open source license mitre collaborative virtual workspace license cvw sun industry standards source license sissl uncategorized licenses boost software license bsl 1 0 cryptographic autonomy license v 1 0 cal 1 0 common public attribution license 1 0 cpal 1 0 gnu affero general public license version 3 agpl 3 0 isc license isc microsoft public license ms pl microsoft reciprocal license ms rl miros licence miros non profit open software license 3 0 nposl 3 0 ntp license ntp open group test suite license ogtsl reciprocal public license 1 5 rpl 1 5 simple public license 2 0 simpl 2 0 you must have javascript enabled to use this form user login log in using openid what is openid username password log in using openid cancel openid login create new account request new password to promote and protect open source software and communities for over 20 years the open source initiative osi has worked to raise awareness and adoption of open source software and build bridges between open source communities of practice as a global non profit the osi champions software freedom in society through education collaboration and infrastructure stewarding the open source definition osd and preventing abuse of the ideals and ethos inherent to the open source movement open source software is made by many 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