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The GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL, or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft licenses, that guarantee end users the freedoms to run, study, share, or modify the software. [7]
Permissive licenses generally originate in academic institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.. Permissive licenses, also known as academic licenses, [49] allow recipients to use, modify, and distribute software with no obligation to provide source code.
More than 90 percent of companies use open-source software as a component of their proprietary software. [70] The decision to use open-source software, or even engage with open-source projects to improve existing open-source software, is typically a pragmatic business decision.
These examples of modern PD software (after the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988) are either under proper public domain (e.g. created by a US governmental organization), under a proper public domain like license (for instance CC0), or accompanied by a clear waiver statement from the author.
The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free-software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The license allows developers and companies to use and integrate a software component released under the LGPL into their own (even proprietary) software without being required by the terms of a strong copyleft license to release the source code of their own components.
Open University (Indonesian: Universitas Terbuka, abbreviated as UT) is a public university in South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia.The university employs a Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system to widen access to higher education to all Indonesian citizens, including those who live in remote islands throughout the country, and in various parts of the world.
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 GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPL) is a free, copyleft license published by the Free Software Foundation in November 2007, and based on the GNU GPL version 3 and the Affero General Public License (non-GNU).