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BSD licenses: Terms, License compatibility & Reception and usage

BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is in contrast to copyleft licenses, which have share-alike requirements. The original BSD license was used for its namesake, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix-like operating system. The…

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BSD licenses topic overview

The analysis highlights Terms, License compatibility and Reception and usage as prominent areas in the source structure around BSD licenses.

Related topics
36
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
40
Extracted relationships
16
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
40

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Terms · 17 topics
Overview · 8 topics
License compatibility · 7 topics
Reception and usage · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Author
Regents of the University of California
Publisher
Public domain
Copyleft
No
Debian FSG compatible
Yes
GPL compatible
No
Linking from code with a different license
Yes

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Terms

License compatibility

Reception and usage

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How BSD licenses connects Entity context

The extracted context around BSD licenses shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, BSD licenses → As, BSD, California, In, Regents, Today, University Another extracted example is BSD licenses → Regents of the University of California. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

BSD licenses

Top relations

related to Terms · 7
BSD licenses → As, BSD, California, In, Regents, Today, University
Author · 1
BSD licenses → Regents of the University of California
Copyleft · 1
BSD licenses → No
Debian FSG compatible · 1
BSD licenses → Yes
GPL compatible · 1
BSD licenses → No
Linking from code with a different license · 1
BSD licenses → Yes
OSI approved · 1
BSD licenses → No
Published · 1
BSD licenses → 1988
Publisher · 1
BSD licenses → Public domain
SPDX identifier · 1
BSD licenses → BSD-4.3TAHOE

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

license bsd software copyright use source licenses original holder clause version provided used code advertising without free notice binary freebsd

BSD licenses relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 16 structured relationships around BSD licenses. Examples in this analysis include BSD licenses → Author → Regents of the University of California and BSD licenses → Copyleft → No. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BSD licensesAuthorRegents of the University of California1.00infobox
BSD licensesCopyleftNo1.00infobox
BSD licensesDebian FSG compatibleYes1.00infobox
BSD licensesGPL compatibleNo1.00infobox
BSD licensesLinking from code with a different licenseYes1.00infobox
BSD licensesOSI approvedNo1.00infobox
BSD licensesPublished19881.00infobox
BSD licensesPublisherPublic domain1.00infobox
BSD licensesSPDX identifierBSD-4.3TAHOE1.00infobox
BSD licensesrelated to TermsIn0.60section
BSD licensesrelated to TermsBSD0.60section
BSD licensesrelated to TermsToday0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around BSD licenses bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include License, Licenses and Original. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • BSD licenses
    • License
    • Licenses
    • Original
    • 3-clause
    • Software
    • Free
    • Version
    • Clause
    • Modified
    • New
    • Source
    • 4-clause
  • bsd licenses
    • License
    • Licenses
    • Original
    • Modified
    • 3-clause
    • Freebsd
    • Software
    • Free
    • Version
    • Clause
    • New
    • Source
  • permissive free software licenses
    • Gpl
    • Use
    • Compatible
    • Copyright
    • License
    • Including
    • Holder
    • Licenses
    • Software
    • Modified
    • 3-clause
    • Freebsd
  • berkeley software distribution
    • Materials
    • Binary
    • Notice
    • Use
    • List
    • Must
    • Copyright
    • Provided
    • License
    • Disclaimer
    • Following
    • Including
  • gnu general public license
    • Clause
    • Software
    • Original
    • Source
    • Licenses
    • 3-clause
    • Used
    • Version
    • 4-clause
    • New
    • Freebsd
    • Advertising
  • free software foundation
    • Gpl
    • Use
    • Compatible
    • Copyright
    • License
    • Including
    • Holder
    • Licenses
    • Software
    • Contributors
    • Advertising
    • Used
  • isc license
    • Clause
    • Software
    • Original
    • Source
    • Licenses
    • 3-clause
    • Used
    • Version
    • 4-clause
    • New
    • Freebsd
    • Advertising
  • public-domain-equivalent license
    • Clause
    • Software
    • Original
    • Source
    • Licenses
    • 3-clause
    • Used
    • Version
    • 4-clause
    • New
    • Freebsd
    • Advertising

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For BSD licenses, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects BSD licenses with Terms. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
BSD licenses — Terms · splits 23 ⟂ 18
BSD licenses — Overview · splits 32 ⟂ 9
BSD licenses — License compatibility · splits 33 ⟂ 8
BSD licenses — Reception and usage · splits 36 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

BSD licenses

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples16
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around BSD licenses to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Terms, License compatibility & Reception and usage, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — BSD licenses · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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