• A software license is a legal instrument (usually by way of contract law, with or without printed material) governing the use or redistribution of software...
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  • MIT License is a permissive software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1980s. As a permissive license, it...
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    A free-software license is a notice that grants the recipient of a piece of software extensive rights to modify and redistribute that software. These...
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  • time. Another license model is licensing per dongle, which allows the owner of the dongle to use the program on any computer. Licensing per server, CPU...
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  • A permissive software license, sometimes also called BSD-like or BSD-style license, is a free-software license which instead of copyleft protections,...
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    Open-source licenses are software licenses that allow content to be used, modified, and shared. They facilitate free and open-source software (FOSS) development...
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  • This comparison only covers software licenses which have a linked Wikipedia article for details and which are approved by at least one of the following...
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  • BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is...
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    The Apache License is a permissive free software license written by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). It allows users to use the software for any purpose...
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  • additional licensing terms. Most licenses for software sold at retail disclaim (as far as local laws permit) any warranty on the performance of the software and...
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