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| Python Software Foundation | Software Developer |
The Python Software Foundation (PSF), is a non-profit organization devoted to the Python programming language. It was launched March 6, 2001. The mission of the foundation is to foster development of the Python community. The PSF is responsible for...
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| GNU General Public License |
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The GNU General Public Licence (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely used free software licence, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft licence that...
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| GNU Lesser General Public License |
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The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation. It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public...
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| BSD Licenses |
BSD licenses represent a family of permissive free software licences. The original was used for the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix-like operating system for which the license is named. The original owners of BSD were the Regents of the...
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The public domain is a range of abstract materials – commonly referred to as intellectual property – which are not owned or controlled by anyone. The term indicates that these materials are therefore "public property", and available for anyone to...
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| Mozilla Public License |
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The Mozilla Public License (MPL) is a free and open source software license. Version 1.0 was developed by Mitchell Baker when she worked as a lawyer at Netscape Communications Corporation and version 1.1 at the Mozilla Foundation. The MPL is...
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| RealNetworks Community Source License |
The RealNetworks Community Source License (RCSL) is a software license. Developers pick this license when they do not want to open source their resultant Helix DNA-based application. RCSL has a free R&D; license and commercial terms for distribution...
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| Artistic License |
The Artistic License refers most commonly to the original Artistic License (version 1.0), a software license used for certain free software packages, most notably the standard Perl implementation and most CPAN modules, which are dual-licensed under...
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| MIT License |
The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software on the condition that the license is distributed with...
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| PHP License |
The PHP License is the software license under which the PHP programming language is released. The PHP License is a GPL incompatible free software license according to the Free Software Foundation and the Open Source Initiative..
The PHP License is...
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| Ruby License |
The Ruby License is the open-source license applied to the Ruby programming language and also available to be used in other projects.
The Free Software Foundation comments:"This is a Free Software license, compatible with the GPL via an explicit...
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| W3C Software Notice and License |
W3C Software Notice and License is a permissive free software licence used by software released by W3C, like Amaya.
It's similar to the modified BSD license. According to the Free Software Foundation, it is compatible with the GNU General Public...
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| Free software license |
A free software licence is a software licence which grants recipients rights to modify and redistribute the software which would otherwise be prohibited by copyright law. A free software licence grants, to the recipients, freedom in the form of...
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| Apache License |
The Apache License (Apache Software License previous to version 2.0) is a free-software license authored by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The Apache License (versions 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0) requires preservation of the copyright notice and...
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| Common Public License |
The CPL (Common Public License) is a free software / open-source software license published by IBM.
Its license terms have been approved by the Open Source Initiative and Free Software Foundation. The CPL's stated aims are to support and encourage...
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| Freeware | Website Category |
Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee. Freeware is often made available in a binary-only, proprietary form, thus making it distinct from free software. Proprietary freeware allows authors to...
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| Shareware |
The term shareware, popularized by Bob Wallace, refers to copyright commercial software that is distribute without payment on a trial basis and is limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered...
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| Eclipse Public License |
The Eclipse Public License (EPL) is an open source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software. It replaces the Common Public License (CPL) and removes certain terms relating to patent litigation.
The Eclipse Public License is...
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The Open Source Initiative is an organization dedicated to promoting open-source software.
The organization was founded in February 1998, by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond, prompted by Netscape Communications Corporation publishing the source...
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| BSD3 License |
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the...
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| Commercial License |
A commercial software license is typically used to sell the right to use software to users against payment.
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| Zope Public License |
Zope Public License is a free software license, used primarily for the Zope application server software. The license is similar to the well-known BSD license, however the ZPL also adds clauses prohibiting trademark use and requiring documentation of...
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| Lucent Public License |
The Lucent Public License is an open-source license created by Lucent Technologies. It has been released in two versions: Version 1.0 and 1.02.
While the Lucent Public License is not one of the more popular open-source licenses, a number of...
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| Common Development and Distribution License |
Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) is a free software license, produced by Sun Microsystems, based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL), version 1.1.
Files licensed under the CDDL can be combined with files licensed under other...
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| Open source |
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Open source is a development methodology, which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge). Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element...
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| Educational Community License |
Open Source Initiative's Educational Community License is a free and open source license intended for use by academic institutions. It is approved by the Open Source Initiative, and the Free Software Foundation lists the second version of this...
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International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue," , is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company is one of the few information technology...
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