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spdx-id required, nickname only for licenses with customary short names
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#### Required fields
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#### Required fields
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* `title` - The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
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* `title` - The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
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* `nickname` - A shorter license name; customary if applicable (e.g., GPLv3) or the SPDX ID (e.g., MPL-2.0)
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* `spdx-id` - Short identifier specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
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* `source` - The URL to the license source text
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* `source` - The URL to the license source text
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* `description` - A human-readable description of the license
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* `description` - A human-readable description of the license
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* `how` - Instructions on how to implement the license
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* `how` - Instructions on how to implement the license
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#### Optional fields
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* `featured` - Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false)
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* `featured` - Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false)
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* `nickname` - Customary short name if applicable (e.g, GPLv3)
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* `note` - Additional information about the licenses
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* `note` - Additional information about the licenses
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* `using` - A list of notable projects using the license in the form of `project_name: "url"`
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* `using` - A list of notable projects using the license in the form of `project_name: "url"`
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* `redirect_from` - Relative path(s) to redirect to the license from, to prevent breaking old URLs
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* `redirect_from` - Relative path(s) to redirect to the license from, to prevent breaking old URLs
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description: The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
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description: The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
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required: true
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required: true
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- name: nickname
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- name: spdx-id
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description: A shorter license name; customary if applicable (e.g., GPLv3) or the SPDX ID (e.g., MPL-2.0)
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description: Short identifier specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
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required: required
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required: required
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- name: source
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- name: source
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description: Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false)
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description: Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false)
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required: false
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required: false
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- name: nickname
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description: Customary short name if applicable (e.g, GPLv3)
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required: false
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- name: note
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- name: note
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description: Additional information about the licenses
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description: Additional information about the licenses
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required: false
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required: false
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title: Academic Free License v3.0
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title: Academic Free License v3.0
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nickname: AFL-3.0
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spdx-id: AFL-3.0
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source: http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0
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source: http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0
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description: The Academic Free License is a variant of the Open Software License that does not require that the source code of derivative works be disclosed. It contains explicit copyright and patent grants and reserves trademark rights in the author.
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description: The Academic Free License is a variant of the Open Software License that does not require that the source code of derivative works be disclosed. It contains explicit copyright and patent grants and reserves trademark rights in the author.
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title: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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title: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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spdx-id: AGPL-3.0
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nickname: GNU AGPLv3
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nickname: GNU AGPLv3
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redirect_from: /licenses/agpl/
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redirect_from: /licenses/agpl/
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source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
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source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
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title: Apache License 2.0
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title: Apache License 2.0
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nickname: Apache-2.0
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spdx-id: Apache-2.0
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redirect_from: /licenses/apache/
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redirect_from: /licenses/apache/
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source: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
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source: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
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featured: true
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featured: true
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title: Artistic License 2.0
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title: Artistic License 2.0
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nickname: Artistic-2.0
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spdx-id: Artistic-2.0
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redirect_from: /licenses/artistic/
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redirect_from: /licenses/artistic/
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source: http://www.perlfoundation.org/attachment/legal/artistic-2_0.txt
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source: http://www.perlfoundation.org/attachment/legal/artistic-2_0.txt
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title: BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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title: BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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nickname: BSD 2-Clause
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spdx-id: BSD-2-Clause
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redirect_from: /licenses/bsd/
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redirect_from: /licenses/bsd/
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source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
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source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
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title: BSD 3-clause Clear License
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title: BSD 3-clause Clear License
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nickname: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
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spdx-id: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
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description: A variant of the <a href="/licenses/bsd-3-clause/">BSD 3-Clause License</a> that explicitly does not grant any patent rights.
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description: A variant of the <a href="/licenses/bsd-3-clause/">BSD 3-Clause License</a> that explicitly does not grant any patent rights.
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title: BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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title: BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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nickname: BSD 3-Clause
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spdx-id: BSD-3-Clause
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source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
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source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
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description: A permissive license similar to the <a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause/">BSD 2-Clause License</a>, but with a 3rd clause that prohibits others from using the name of the project or its contributors to promote derived products without written consent.
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description: A permissive license similar to the <a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause/">BSD 2-Clause License</a>, but with a 3rd clause that prohibits others from using the name of the project or its contributors to promote derived products without written consent.
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title: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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title: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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nickname: CC-BY-4.0
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spdx-id: CC-BY-4.0
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source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.txt
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source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.txt
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description: Permits almost any use subject to providing credit and license notice. Frequently used for media assets and educational materials. The most common license for Open Access scientific publications. Not recommended for software.
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description: Permits almost any use subject to providing credit and license notice. Frequently used for media assets and educational materials. The most common license for Open Access scientific publications. Not recommended for software.
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title: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0
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title: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0
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nickname: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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spdx-id: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.txt
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source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.txt
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description: Similar to <a href='/licenses/cc-by-4.0/'>CC-BY-4.0</a> but requires derivatives be distributed under the same or a similar, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses/">compatible</a> license. Frequently used for media assets and educational materials. A previous version is the default license for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Not recommended for software.
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description: Similar to <a href='/licenses/cc-by-4.0/'>CC-BY-4.0</a> but requires derivatives be distributed under the same or a similar, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses/">compatible</a> license. Frequently used for media assets and educational materials. A previous version is the default license for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Not recommended for software.
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title: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
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title: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
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nickname: CC0-1.0
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spdx-id: CC0-1.0
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redirect_from: /licenses/cc0/
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redirect_from: /licenses/cc0/
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source: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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title: Eclipse Public License 1.0
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title: Eclipse Public License 1.0
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nickname: EPL-1.0
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spdx-id: EPL-1.0
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redirect_from: /licenses/eclipse/
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redirect_from: /licenses/eclipse/
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source: https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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title: European Union Public License 1.1
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title: European Union Public License 1.1
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nickname: EUPL-1.1
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spdx-id: EUPL-1.1
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redirect_from: /licenses/eupl-v1.1/
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redirect_from: /licenses/eupl-v1.1/
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source: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eupl/og_page/european-union-public-licence-eupl-v11
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source: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eupl/og_page/european-union-public-licence-eupl-v11
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title: GNU General Public License v2.0
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title: GNU General Public License v2.0
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spdx-id: GPL-2.0
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nickname: GNU GPLv2
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nickname: GNU GPLv2
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redirect_from: /licenses/gpl-v2/
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redirect_from: /licenses/gpl-v2/
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source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
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title: GNU General Public License v3.0
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title: GNU General Public License v3.0
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spdx-id: GPL-3.0
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nickname: GNU GPLv3
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nickname: GNU GPLv3
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source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
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title: ISC License
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title: ISC License
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nickname: ISC
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spdx-id: ISC
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description: A permissive license lets people do anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty. The ISC license is functionally equivalent to the <a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause/">BSD 2-Clause</a> and <a href="/licenses/mit/">MIT</a> licenses, removing some language that is no longer necessary.
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description: A permissive license lets people do anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty. The ISC license is functionally equivalent to the <a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause/">BSD 2-Clause</a> and <a href="/licenses/mit/">MIT</a> licenses, removing some language that is no longer necessary.
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title: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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title: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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spdx-id: LGPL-2.1
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nickname: GNU LGPLv2.1
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title: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
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title: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
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title: LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c
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title: LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c
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nickname: LPPL-1.3c
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spdx-id: LPPL-1.3c
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description: The LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) is the primary license under which the LaTeX kernel and the base LaTeX packages are distributed.
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description: The LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) is the primary license under which the LaTeX kernel and the base LaTeX packages are distributed.
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title: MIT License
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title: MIT License
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title: Microsoft Public License
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description: Because copyright is automatic in most countries, <a href="http://unlicense.org">the Unlicense</a> is a template to waive copyright interest in software you've written and dedicate it to the public domain. Use the Unlicense to opt out of copyright entirely. It also includes the no-warranty statement from the MIT/X11 license.
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description: Because copyright is automatic in most countries, <a href="http://unlicense.org">the Unlicense</a> is a template to waive copyright interest in software you've written and dedicate it to the public domain. Use the Unlicense to opt out of copyright entirely. It also includes the no-warranty statement from the MIT/X11 license.
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title: "Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License"
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description: The easiest licence out there. It gives the user permissions to do whatever they want with your code.
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