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Aladdin Free Public License (AFPL) (Site) - For Ghostscript, by Aladdin Enterprises.
Open Source Software Licensing Page (Site) - Some very interesting articles on free software licensing: history, forms, and problems, seen from a commercial view. Links to some license texts and important open source sites.
BSD: OpenBSD Copyright Policy (Site) - License and background on Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group copyrights.
BSD: 4.4BSD Copyright (Site) - License for 4.4BSD.
Zope Public License (ZPL) (Site) - Patterned after Apache license.
Debian Social Contract (Site) - License for Debian GNU/Linux.
Apple: Apple Public Source License (APSL) (Site) - Apple's license for software released as source code.
Amoeba copyright notice (Site) - A free software OS.
E Licenses (Site) - Mozilla or Mozilla compatible, for E programming language.
GNU General Public License (GPL) (Site) - One standard for licensing free software.
Amulet License Agreement (Site) - CMU Amulet Toolkit License Agreement.
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) (Site) - Formerly: GNU Library GPL.
License information for Xinu software (Site) - License for the XINU operating system
GNU Free Documentation License (Site) - A version of the GPL for reference material.
The Artistic License (Site) - Perl package license.
Open Group Public License (Site) - Open Motif Graphical GUI Software, Public End User License.
Freshmeat (Site) - Listings of browseable licenses and articles.
MySQL (Site) - Complex hybrid license: public domain, GPL, LGPL, Open Source, commercial.
GNU: List of Licenses (Site) - Various licenses and comments about them.
Apache Server Licenses (Site) - Overview of the different versions of the Apache licenses.
RTEMS License Information (Site) - RTEMS open source real-time operating system uses GNU Public License (GPL), except for some special, very limited exceptions.
IBM - Common Public License (CPL) (Site) - Open source software license.
Mozilla and Netscape Public Licenses (Site) - Describes the licensing policy of the Mozilla Foundation, with the full texts of the various licenses, and FAQs.
LaTeX Project Public License (Site) - Particularly suited for TeX-related programs.
BSD: FreeBSD Copyright (Site) - License for FreeBSD operating system.
Eiffel: ISE Free Eiffel Library License (IFELL) (Site) - For the EiffelBase library.
Affero - General Public License (Site) - Copyleft license, derived from the GNU-GPL, designed to protect software distributed as web services.
Quick Reference Guide (Site) - A chart comparing attributes of major licenses, including the option to select your bias.
Creative Commons (Site) - A non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright. Offering work under a Creative Commons license does not mean giving up copyright. It means offering some of an author's rights to any taker, and only on certain conditions.
OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition (Site) - Not a license itself, but a definition of what conditions a license must fulfill in order to be termed an Open Source license.
Liberal Source Software (LSS) (Site) - Hybrid licensing model, between free and commercial software licenses.
Squeak License (Site) - License for the Squeak software suite, mainly provided by Apple.
Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing (Site) - Full text of the book by Andrew M. St. Laurent.
Christian Software Public License (CSPL) (Site) - Christianized variant of BSD license.
PHP Licence Information (Site) - Covers licensing issues for developers distributing applications in PHP. Includes links to annotated version of the relevant licenses and other related resources.
Mozart License Agreement (Site) - Mozart: an implementation of Oz 3 programming language.
Against DRM 2.0 (Site) - A free copyleft license for artworks, which forbids DRM. Includes licence text, FAQ, and a few translations.
Ruby License (Site) - Dual terms: use GPL terms or its own terms.
Mozilla Public License Version 1.0 (Site) - Follows the Debian Free Software guidelines.
W3C IPR Software Notice (Site) - W3C = World Wide Web Consortium, one of the Internet's main standard-setting bodies.
eCos License Overview (Site) - Summary of license for Red Hat eCos operating system.
Vita Nuova Inferno Subscription License (Site) - Fee based, partly open source, for Lucent network OS.
Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Site) - Plan 9 Open Source license agreement
Lua Copyright notice (Site) - From Brazil, programming language framework.
x-kernel Copyright Notice (Site) - Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona.
Bixoft Public License (Site) - A proposal for an Open Source license that clearly distinguishes between software programs and programming tools.
Trolltech: Q Public License (QPL) (Site) - License for the Qt Free Edition.
Open Source Initiative - Licenses (Site) - Copies of licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative.
BSD: NetBSD Licensing and Redistribution (Site) - License patterned after FreeBSD Copyright.