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Permissive software license

A permissive software license, sometimes also called BSD-like or BSD-style license, is a free-software license which instead of copyleft protections, carries only minimal requirements on how the software can be used, modified, and redistributed, usually including a warranty disclaimer. Examples include the GNU All-permissive License, MIT License, BSD…

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  • GPLv2 GNU General Public License

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Permissive software license

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples24
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
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Permissive software license

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related to Definitions · 9
Permissive software license → Apache, BSD, BSD-like, California Western School, GitHub's, Law's, MIT, The, The Open Source Initiative
related to License compatibility · 8
Permissive software license → BSD, Due, In, MIT License, OpenSSL License, PHP License, Popular, Some
see also · 3
Permissive software license → Free, List, Software Foundation

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permissive license licenses copyleft software public source copyright bsd free-software mit domain gnu free also modified compatibility non-copyleft authors code

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the BSDinstance ofThe 'BSD-like' licenses0.80text
MITinstance ofThe 'BSD-like' licenses0.80text
Apache licenses are extremely permissiveinstance ofThe 'BSD-like' licenses0.80text
requiring little more than attributing the original portions of the licensed code to the original developers in your own code and/or documentationinstance ofThe 'BSD-like' licenses0.80text
Permissive software licenserelated to DefinitionsThe Open Source Initiative0.60section
Permissive software licenserelated to DefinitionsGitHub's0.60section
Permissive software licenserelated to DefinitionsMIT0.60section
Permissive software licenserelated to DefinitionsCalifornia Western School0.60section
Permissive software licenserelated to DefinitionsLaw's0.60section
Permissive software licenserelated to DefinitionsThe0.60section
Permissive software licenserelated to DefinitionsBSD-like0.60section
Permissive software licenserelated to DefinitionsBSD0.60section

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