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< a href = "mit" > MIT< / a >
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A permissive license that is short and to the point. It lets people do anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty. < a href = "mit" > View full license »< / a >
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< a href = "apache" > Apache< / a >
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A permissive license that also grants a license to patent claims from contributors
that are necessarily infringed by the software. < a href = "apache" > View full license »< / a >
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< a href = "gpl-v2" > GPL v2< / a > /< a href = "gpl-v3" > v3< / a >
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GPL is the most widely used free software license and is fully reciprocal. Derived
works must be distributed under the same license.
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Some communities tend to have specific licenses preferred by the
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community. For example, PERL developers often choose the artistic license.
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< a href = "artistic" > Artistic< / a >
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A license that’ s heavily favored by the PERL community.
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< a href = "bsd" > BSD< / a >
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A permissive license that comes in two variants, the < a href = "bsd" > BSD 2-Clause< / a > and < a href = "bsd-3-clause" > BSD 3-Clause< / a > . Both have very minute differences to the MIT license.
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< a href = "eclipse" > Eclipse< / a >
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Used by the Eclipse foundation for its software, this license includes reciprocal requirements in
some cases. < a href = "eclipse" > View full license »< / a >
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< a href = "mozilla" > Mozilla< / a >
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The Mozilla Public License (MPL 2.0) is maintained by the Mozilla foundation. This license attempts to be a compromise between the permissive BSD license and the reciprocal GPL license.
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< a href = "lgpl-v2.1" > LGPL v2.1< / a >
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Primarily used for software libraries, LGPL requires that derived works be licensed under the same license, but
works that only link to it do not fall under this restriction.
< a href = "lgpl-v2.1" > View full license »< / a >
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< a href = "lgpl-v3" > LGPL v3< / a >
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Version 3 of the LGPL is an additional set of permissions to the < a href = "gpl-v3" > GPL v3 license< / a >
that requires that derived works be licensed under the same license, but works that only link to
it do not fall under this restriction.
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