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---
layout: license
title: BSD license
category: BSD
tab-slug: bsd
hide-from-license-list: true
permalink: /licenses/bsd/

description: A permissive license that comes in two variants, the <a href="/licenses/bsd">BSD 2-Clause</a> and <a href="/licenses/bsd-3-clause">BSD 3-Clause</a>. Both have very minute differences to the MIT license.

how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. Replace [year] with the current year and [fullname] with the name (or names) of the copyright holders.

source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause

required:
  - include-copyright

permitted:
  - commercial-use
  - modifications
  - distribution
  - sublicense
  - private-use

forbidden:
  - no-liability

---

Copyright (c) [year], [fullname]
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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			`layout: license`
make ISC primary BSD-style license 2014-06-14 20:59:49 +02:00			`title: BSD license`
Implement license family tabs 2013-11-18 23:48:32 +01:00			`category: BSD`
Hide pill nav for a single license 2013-11-19 02:00:15 +01:00			`tab-slug: bsd`
make ISC primary BSD-style license 2014-06-14 20:59:49 +02:00			`hide-from-license-list: true`
Use Absolute Permalinks This removes the deprecation warning about absolute permalinks. Absolute Permalinks will be the default as of Jekyll v1.1: http://jekyllrb.com/docs/upgrading/ 2013-07-14 15:32:06 +02:00			`permalink: /licenses/bsd/`
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fix #88 - broken relative links 2013-07-13 08:16:08 +02:00			`description: A permissive license that comes in two variants, the <a href="/licenses/bsd">BSD 2-Clause</a> and <a href="/licenses/bsd-3-clause">BSD 3-Clause</a>. Both have very minute differences to the MIT license.`
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No more interpolating << 2013-07-17 18:57:57 +02:00			`how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. Replace [year] with the current year and [fullname] with the name (or names) of the copyright holders.`
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			`source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause`

			`required:`
			`- include-copyright`

			`permitted:`
			`- commercial-use`
clarify bsd 2 clause 2013-07-12 20:58:06 +02:00			`- modifications`
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			`- sublicense`
Add private-use to every license There is no license that prohibits private use. 2013-10-30 17:59:15 +01:00			`- private-use`
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			`forbidden:`
			`- no-liability`

			`---`

No more interpolating << 2013-07-17 18:57:57 +02:00			`Copyright (c) [year], [fullname]`
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Resolves Issue #74 2013-10-31 23:29:24 +01:00			`Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without`
			`modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:`
First pass at Jekylification * Move licenses to license template * Move home / about to page template * Move annotations to config file, included via annotations.js * Move license metadata to YML Front matter * Automate the presentation of license metadata * Move sidebar to include * Add _site to gitignore 2013-04-09 18:41:25 +02:00
BSD licenses: bring back the list bullets 2013-07-19 03:15:18 +02:00			`* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this`
licenses: pre-format bsd license texts The license text is shown as preformatted text; therefore we need to wrap it to a sane length (like 80 characters) to keep it readable. In addition, we must do any formatting or indentation in the source file. Both BSD licenses contain a list of conditions that should be indented like a list, with blank lines in between. We could also potentially number the clauses; FreeBSD does in its copy, but the OSI versions do not. 2013-06-15 10:33:30 +02:00			`list of conditions and the following disclaimer.`

Resolves Issue #74 2013-10-31 23:29:24 +01:00			`* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,`
			`this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation`
			`and/or other materials provided with the distribution.`

			`THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"`
			`AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE`
			`IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE`
			`DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE`
			`FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL`
			`DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR`
			`SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER`
			`CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,`
			`OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE`
make ISC primary BSD-style license 2014-06-14 20:59:49 +02:00			`OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.`