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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.
User (licensee) right Berne CC0 0. free access, and freedom to use the work as you wish ("use" includes to run a program or to execute a music score)
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.
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.
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).
"Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term for software that is considered free software and/or open-source software. [1] The precise definition of the terms "free software" and "open-source software" applies them to any software distributed under terms that allow users to use, modify, and redistribute said software in any manner they see fit, without requiring that they pay ...
In 2000, the "Do What the Fuck You Want To Public License" was released as a public-domain-equivalent license for software. [2]It is distinguished among software licenses by its informal style and lack of a warranty disclaimer.