License Center

At ifrOSS the licenses for Free Software, Open Source, Open Content, Open Data und Open Source Hardware are collected and assigned to different license categories. This shall facilitate their usability and characterisation.

Open Source Licenses
Other Software Licenses
Open Content Licenses
Other Licenses for free use of immaterial goods
Contributor License Agreements
Committer Agreements

A. Open Source Licenses

The following licenses comply with the preconditions of the Free Software Definition and the Open Source Definition. They are labelled in accordance with the respective legal chacteristic as licenses without copyleft effect, licenses with strong copyleft effect, licenses with limited copyleft effect , licenses with restricted options, licenses with privileges, Other Software Licenses, Open Content Licenses and Other Licenses for fair use of Immaterial Goods. However, for some of these licenses, it is discussed controversially, whether the preconditions are fulfilled, because the relevant definitions, the Free Software Definition and the Open Source Definition, are not identical to each other and are modified by a constant developement. The respective licenses are marked as "qualification controversial".

I. Licenses without Copyleft Effect

It is characteristical for licenses without copyleft effect that they grant all rights and privileges of an Open Source license to the user and that they do not restrict the user in case of modifications with further conditions as to which license has to be used subesquently. Thus, the respective licensee may distribute modified versions of the software under a license of his choice and therfore may transform the licensed product to proprietary software.

Lucent Public License Version (v. 1.02):
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/license.html

a) BSD styled Licenses

BSD styled licenses are the original BSD license and its derivates.

4.4 BSD Copyright (Original BSD-Lizenz):
http://www.de.freebsd.org/copyright/license.html

4Suite License (v. 1.1):
http://4suite.org/COPYRIGHT.doc

Apache License (v. 1.0):
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-1.0

Apache License (v. 1.1):
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-1.1

Apache License (v. 2.0):
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

Attribution Assurance License:
http://eepatents.com/privaria/#license

BSD 2-clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" License:
http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html

BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License:
https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause

BSD 4-clause "Original" or "Old" License:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

BSD License (Original):
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#6

Christian Software Public License:
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/cspl.html

Cougaar Open Source License:
http://cougaar.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/LicenseText
(Einordnung umstritten)

Cryptix General License:
http://www.cryptix.org/LICENSE.TXT

Eiffel Forum License (v. 1.0):
http://www.eiffel-nice.org/license/forum.txt

Eiffel Forum License (v. 2.0):
http://www.eiffel-nice.org/license/eiffel-forum-license-2.html

Entessa Public License (EPL) (v. 1.0):
http://web.archive.org/web/20050419215723/www.openseal.org/epl/

Free Fuzzy Logic Library Open Source License:
http://ffll.sourceforge.net/license.txt

FreeBSD Copyright (Modifizierte BSD-Lizenz):
http://www.de.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html

Horde Apache-like License:
http://www.horde.org/licenses/asl.php

Horde BSD-like License:
http://www.horde.org/licenses/bsdl.php

Indiana University Extreme! Lab Software License, Version 1.2:
http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/license.txt

Intel Open Source License for CDSA/CSSM Implementation:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/intel-open-source-license.php

ISC License (Bind, DHCP Server):
http://www.isc.org/software/license

JasPer License Version 2.0:
http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/LICENSE

Lua Copyright notice:
http://www.lua.org/copyright.html

MIT License:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

Mozart License:
http://www.mozart-oz.org/LICENSE.html

Naumen Public License:
http://www.worldlii.org/int/other/PubRL/2009/42.html

Open Media Group Open Source License:
http://www.openmediagroup.com/license.html

OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.3):
http://www.mibsoftware.com/librock/librock/license/oldap2_3.txt

OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.5):
http://www.covalent.net/legal/docs/license_openldap.txt

OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.7):
http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin21/license.html

OpenLDAP Public License (v. 2.8):
http://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html

OpenSSL License (Einordnung umstritten):
http://www.openssl.org/source/license.html

Pangeia Informatica Copyright (v. 1.2):
http://www.chkrootkit.org/COPYRIGHT

Phorum License (v. 2.0):
http://phorum.org/license.txt

PHP License (v. 3.0):
http://www.php.net/license/3_0.txt

Python Copyright:
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.4.2/license/

Python Software Foundation License v2:
http://spdx.org/licenses/Python-2.0#licenseText

skyBuilders Open Source License:
http://www.skybuilders.com/OpenSourceLicense.html

SpeechWorks Public License - Software (v. 1.1):
http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/openvxi/OpenVXI_1_4/License.txt

Tea Software License:
http://teatrove.sourceforge.net/license.html

The License of ZLib:
http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_license.html

The SpeechWorks Public License (v. 1.1 ):
http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/openvxi/OpenVXI_1_4/License.txt

Udanax Open-Source License:
http://udanax.xanadu.com/license.html

Vovida Software License:
http://www.vovida.org/document/VOCAL-1.4.0/license.txt

Vovida Software License v1.0:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/vovidapl.php

W3C Software Notice and License:
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software.html

Wide Open License (WOL):
http://www.dspguru.com/wol2.htm

X Window System License:
http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html

X.Net License:
http://www.xnetinc.com/xiua/copyright.htm

XFree86 License 1.1:
http://www.xfree86.org/current/LICENSE4.html

XFree86 Project Licence:
http://www.xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html

Zope Public License 1.1:
http://old.zope.org/Resources/License/ZPL-1.1

Zope Public License 2.0:
http://opensource.org/licenses/ZPL-2.0

b) Other Licenses without Copyleft Effect

Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 1.1):
http://opensource-definition.org/licenses/afl-1.1.txt

Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 1.2):
http://opensource-definition.org/licenses/academic.html

Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 2.0):
http://opensource-definition.org/licenses/afl-2.0.html

Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 2.1):
http://opensource-definition.org/licenses/afl-2.1.html

Academic Free License (AFL) (v. 3.0):
http://www.rosenlaw.com/AFL3.0.htm

Apple Public Source License 1.0:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Apple_Public_Source_License_1.0

Beerware License:
http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/
/* * --------------------------------------------------------------------------...

CeCILL-B License:
http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-B_V1-en.txt

CNRI Open Source License Agreement:
http://www.handle.net/python_licenses/python1.6_9-5-00.html
(bis Python 1.6)

Condor Public License (v. 1.1):
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/license.html#condor

FreeType Project License:
http://www.freetype.org/FTL.TXT

Galen Open Source License (GOSL):
http://www.opengalen.org/gosl.html

Globus Toolkit Public License:
http://tyne.dl.ac.uk/StarterKit/gt2/toolkit/download/license.html

Globus Toolkit Public License (GTPL) (v. 2.0):
http://www.globus.org/toolkit/license.html

ICU License:
http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu/trunk/license.html

ISC License:
http://mirbsd.org/ISC-Licence

MirOS License:
http://mirbsd.org/MirOS-Licence

MTX Lizenzvereinbarung:
http://www.monotype.com/de/legal/mtx-licensing-statement

Open Group Test Suite License:
http://www.opengroup.org/testing/downloads/The_Open_Group_TSL.txt

PSF License Agreement (Python):
http://www.python.org/2.0.1/license.html

Ruby License:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt

Sendmail License:
http://www.sendmail.org/ftp/LICENSE

SFL License Agreement (iMatix):
http://legacy.imatix.com/html/sfl/sfl4.htm

Standard ML of New Jersey Copyright Notice:
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/smlnj/license.html

Suneido Free Software License:
http://www.suneido.com/free_software_license.htm

Tcl/Tk License Terms:
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/license.html

The Sleepycat License:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Sleepycat

xinetd License:
http://www.xinetd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/xinetd/COPYRIGHT?rev=1.1.1.1;content-ty...

Zope Public License (v. 2.1):
http://www.zope.org/Resources/ZPL

II. Licenses with strong Copyleft Effect

Licenses have a strong copyleft effect if licensee is shall distribute the modified software only under the same license terms as the software originally acquired. This, however, does not necessarily mean that the licenses as listed listed are "GPL compatible".

a) GPL styled Licenses

Affero General Public License:
http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html

Alternate Route Open Source License (v. 1.1):
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/bridge/alternateroute/arosl.htm

CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v1.0:
http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V1-fr.html

CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v2.0:
http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2-fr.html

CeCILL License (v. 2):
http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2-en.txt

CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement:
http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-B_V1-fr.html

CeCILL-C Free Software License Agreement:
http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-C_V1-fr.html

CrossPoint Quelltextlizenz:
http://www.crosspoint.de/srclicense.html

eCos License (v. 2.0):
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ecos-license.html

European Union Public Licence (v1.1):
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/system/files/EN/EUPL%20v.1.1%20-%20Licence.pdf

FreeCard License:
http://freecard.sourceforge.net/website/licence/license.php

GNU Affero General Public License (AGPLv3) (v. 3.0):
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

GNU Classpath - GPL with special exception:
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html
(GPL with special exception)

GNU Emacs General Public License:
http://www.free-soft.org/gpl_history/emacs_gpl.html

GNU General Public License (GPL) (v. 1.0):
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copying-1.0.html

GNU General Public License (GPL) (v. 2.0):
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

GNU General Public License (GPL) (v. 3.0):
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html

GNU General Public License (GPL) (v. 3.0):
http://www.gnu.de/gpl-ger.html
(Inoffizielle deutsche Übersetzung)

GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Bison exception:
http://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-with-bison-exception#licenseText

GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Classpath exception:
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html

GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Font exception:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException

GNU General Public License v2.0 w/GCC Runtime Library exception:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

GNU General Public License v3.0 w/Autoconf exception:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/autoconf-exception-3.0.html

GNU General Public License v3.0 w/GCC Runtime Library exception:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception-3.1.html

Honest Public License (HPL) (1.0):
http://www.projectpier.org/manual/tour/licence

Honest Public License (HPL) (1.1):
http://www.gnugeneration.com/licenses/HPLv1.1.txt

IPA Font License:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ipafont.html

Open RTLinux Patent License:
http://www.rtlinuxfree.com/openpatentlicense.html

wxWindows Library License v. 3.1 (OSI):
https://www.wxwidgets.org/about/licence/

b) Other Licenses with strong Copyleft Effect

Arphic Public License:
http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/chinese-fonts-truetype/LICENSE

Common Public License:
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html

Common Public License 1.0:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.php

Deutsche Freie Softwarelizenz (d-fsl):
http://www.d-fsl.org/

Eclipse Public License (v. 1.0):
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html

European Union Public License (v. 1.0):
http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7330.html

IBM Public License:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-i18n2/os-ipl.html

Nethack General Public License:
http://www.nethack.org/common/license.html

Open Group Public License:
http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/license

Open Software License (OSL) (v 2.1):
http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-2.1.php

Open Software License 1.0:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.0.txt

Open Software License 2.0:
http://www.nexb.com/license/LICENSE-OSL-2.0.html

Open Software License 3.0:
http://www.rosenlaw.com/OSL3.0.htm

RedHat eCos Public License (v. 1.1):
http://ecos.sourceware.org/old-license.html

RedHat eCos Public License (v. 1.1):
http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/license-overview.html

Salutation Public License:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050323201906/http://www.salutation.org/lite/lite_li...

Software AG License Terms (Quip License) (v. 1.3):
http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~dqg/cse350/xml/quip/License.txt

Vim License:
http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/uganda.html

III. Licenses with restricted Copyleft Effect

Licenses with limited Copyleft Effect are similar to the licenses as listed supra II., because they have a copyleft effect. Here, however, the Copyleft Effect is limited. If modifications are made in a seperate file, such file's content may be distributed under a license different from the original license, e.g. a proprietary license. This kind of licenses is designed for combining more easily software under different licenses.

a) MPL styled Licenses

Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) (v. 1.0):
http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/CDDL

Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.1 (CDDL v 1.1):
https://glassfish.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL_1_1.html

Common Public Attribution License 1.0:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpal_1.0

Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.1:
http://www.luebeckonline.com/mustervertraege/software-vertraege/open-source-lize...

CUA Office Public License v1.0:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cuaoffice.php

Erlang Public License (v. 1.1):
http://www.erlang.org/EPLICENSE

Erlang Public License v1.1:
http://www.erlang.org/EPLICENSE

gSOAP Public License v1.b:
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/license.html

ICS Open Source Public License:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030625151406/http://www.opencontrol.org/OSPL.htm

Interbase Public License:
http://www.borland.com/devsupport/interbase/opensource/IPL.html

Mozilla Public License (v. 1.0):
http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.0.html

Mozilla Public License (v. 1.1):
http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html

Mozilla Public License (v. 2.0):
http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/

NASA Open Source Agreement (v. 1.3):
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/worldwind-nosa-1.3.html

Netizen Open Source License (NOSL):
http://web.archive.org/web/20000815212105/bits.netizen.com.au/licenses/NOSL/

Nokia Open Source License:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/nokia.php

Open Telecom Public License:
http://www.ifross.de/Fremdartikel/otpl.htm

Openbravo Public License:
http://www.openbravo.com/legal/license.html

Red Hat eCos Public License v1.1:
http://ecos.sourceware.org/old-license.html

Ricoh Source Code Public License:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060427194554/http://www.risource.org/RPL/RPL-1.0A.s...

SugarCRM Public License v1.1.3:
http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/SPL

Sun Industry Standards Source License (v. 1.1):
http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sissl_license.html

Sun Public License:
http://java.sun.com/spl.html

Sun Public License v1.0:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/sunpublic.php

Sybase Open Watcom Public License 1.0:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/sybase.php

Zenplex Public License:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010201945/www.zenplex.org/zpl_txt.html

Zimbra Public License (ZPL) (v. 1.2):
http://www.zimbra.com/license/zimbra_public_license_1.2.html

Zimbra Publice License v1.3:
http://www.zimbra.com/license/zimbra-public-license-1-3.html

b) Other Licenses with restricted Copyleft Effect

Apple Public Source License (v. 2.0):
http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/2.0.txt

BitTorrent Open Source License v1.0:
http://spdx.org/licenses/BitTorrent-1.0#licenseText

Bremer Lizenz für freie Softwarebibliotheken (OSCI-Lizenz) (v. 1.0):
http://www1.osci.de/sixcms/media.php/13/Bremer_Lizenz.pdf
(.pdf-Dokument)

CeCILL-C License:
http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-C_V1-en.txt

Cougaar Open Source License Agreement:
http://cougaar.org/docman/view.php/17/126/old_cosl_license.html
(Einordnung umstritten)

GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) (v. 2.1):
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html

GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) (v. 3.0):
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html

GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) (v. 3.0):
http://www.gnu.de/lgpl-ger.html
( Inoffizielle deutsche Übersetzung)

GNU Library General Public License (LibGPL) (v. 2.0):
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/library.html

Hi-Potent Open Source License:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030804175518/www.hi-potent.com/license.html

Jabber Open Source License:
http://archive.jabber.org/core/JOSL.pdf

Microsoft Limited Reciprocal License (Ms-LRL):
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedreciproca...

Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL):
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/reciprocallicens...

Motosoto Open Source License (v. 0.9.1):
http://opensource.org/licenses/motosoto.php

Sybase Open Watcom Public License:
http://downloads.openwatcom.org/ftp/license.txt

wxWindows Library License (v. 3.0):
http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt/licence.html

Yahoo! Public License (YPL) (v. 1.1):
http://www.zimbra.com/license/yahoo_public_license_1.1.html

IV. Licenses with Restricted Choice

These licenses have several legal effects, depending on the scope of the respective modification. Furthermore, licensee has a restricted choice of how to distribute modifications of the software.

Apple Public Source License 1.1:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/IOSerialFamily/IOSerialFamily-7/APPLE_LIC...

Artistic License (v. 1.0):
http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_1_0
(Einordnung umstritten)

Artistic License (v. 2.0):
http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0

Clarified Artistic License:
http://www.statistica.unimib.it/utenti/dellavedova/software/artistic2.html

Keith Devens' Open Source License:
http://www.keithdevens.com/software/license/

LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.0):
http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-0.html

LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.1):
http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-1.html

LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.2):
http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-2.html

LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.3b):
http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3b-de.html
(Inoffizielle deutsche Übersetzung)

LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) (v. 1.3c):
http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3c.html

Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL):
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/publiclicense.ms...

Open Source License for Oracle Berkeley DB:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/htdocs/oslicense....

Physnet Package License:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060821203230/http://35.9.69.219/home/modules/licens...

SGI Free Software License B (v. 1.0):
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/SGIFreeSWLicB.1.0.html
(Einordnung umstritten)

SGI Free Software License B (v. 1.1):
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB
(Einordnung umstritten)

Sleepycat Software Product License:
http://genome.jouy.inra.fr/doc/docs/sleepycat/license.html

V. Licenses with Privileges

Licenses with privileges do grant to licensee all the rights characteristic for Free Software, but at the same time reserve special privilegs for licensor, in case licensee modifies the software. This kind of license is often used turning proprietary software into Free Software.

Apple Public Source License:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/1.0.txt
(Einordnung umstritten)

Apple Public Source License (v. 1.1):
http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/1.1.txt
(Einordnung umstritten)

Apple Public Source License (v. 1.2):
http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/1.2.txt
(Einordnung umstritten)

Macromedia Open Source License Agreement (v. 1.0):
http://www.adobe.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=23075

Netscape Public License (NPL) (v. 1.0):
http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/NPL-1.0.html

Netscape Public License (NPL) (v. 1.1):
http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/NPL-1.1.html

OCLC Research Public License (v. 1.0):
http://www.free-soft.org/mirrors/www.opensource.org/licenses/oclc.php

OCLC Research Public License (v. 2.0):
http://www.oclc.org/research/software/license/v2final.htm

Open Map Software License Agreement:
http://openmap.bbn.com/license.html

Q Public License (QPL):
http://doc.trolltech.com/4.0/qpl.html

Q Public License 1.0:
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/3.3/license.html

RealNetworks Community Source License - Research and Development Use (RCSL R&D)(v 3.0):
https://helixcommunity.org/content/rcsl

RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL) (v. 1.0):
https://community.helixcommunity.org/content/rpsl

B. Other Software Licenses

The licenses listed below are used in the world of Free Software or seem to be Open Source Software without fulfilling the preconditions of the Free Software Definition or the Open Source Definition. Some of them are "non-profit licenses" which, other than real Open Source licenses, ban commercial distribution.

Aladdin Free Public License (v. 8.0):
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/6.01/Public.htm

Aladdin Free Public License (v. 9.0):
http://www.artifex.com/downloads/doc/Public.htm

AT&T Source Code Agreement (v. 1.2D):
http://web.archive.org/web/20050424024245/http://www.research.att.com/sw/license...

CrossPoint Quelltext Lizenz (alt):
http://www.crosspoint.de/oldlicense.html

Enhydra Public License (v. 1.1):
http://ksoap.objectweb.org/software/license/index.html
(Einordnung umstritten)

Hacktivismo Enhanced-Source Software License Agreement (v. 0.1) (HESSLA):
http://www.hacktivismo.com/about/hessla.php

Jahia Community Source License (JSCL) (v.012):
http://www.jahia.org/jahia/Jahia/pid/145

JasPer Software License (1.0):
http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/kenta/jasper-SunOS/jasper-1.700.2/LICENSE

Microsoft Reference License (Ms-RefL):
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/referencelicense...

Open Public License:
http://wyatterp.com/opl.html
(Einordnung umstritten)

Open RTLinux Patent License (v. 1.0):
http://web.archive.org/web/20010821220004/rtlinux.com/PATENT_LICENSE

PLS Free Software License Agreement (v. 1.0):
http://web.archive.org/web/20030603202719/http://www.pls.com/license.htm

RedHat eCos Public License (v. 1.1):
http://ecos.sourceware.org/old-license.html
(Einordnung umstritten)

Scilab license:
http://www.worldlii.org/int/other/PubRL/2009/51.html

SGI Free Software License B (v. 1.0):
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/SGIFreeSWLicB.1.0.html
(Einordnung umstritten)

ShippySoft Source Available License (SSSAL):
http://www.shippysoft.com/license.shtml

Squeak License (Apple):
http://squeak.org/SqueakLicense/

Sun Community Source License:
http://www.sun.com/software/jini/licensing/SCSL3_JiniTSA1.html

Sun Solaris Source Code (Foundation Release) License (v. 1.1):
http://www.mibsoftware.com/librock/librock/license/ssscfr.txt

The Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02:
http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx
Die CPOL entspricht nicht der Free Software Definition oder der Open Source...

Truecrypt License v. 3:
https://github.com/FreeApophis/TrueCrypt/blob/master/License.txt

University of Utah Public License:
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~gk/teem/txt/LICENSE.txt

YaST and SuSE Linux license terms:
http://ftp2.de.freebsd.org/pub/linux/suse/5.3/i386.de/COPYRIGHT.yast

YaST und SuSE Linux Lizenzbestimmungen:
http://www.suse.de/de/private/support/licenses/yast.html

ZIB Academic License:
http://www.zib.de/Optimization/Software/ziblicense.html

C. Open Content Licenses

Open Content licenses aim at transferring the idea underlying Free Software upon copyrightable works other than software. There is no generally accepted definition of Open Content, and therefore these licenses are quite heterogeneous.

Apple's Common Documentation License (v. 1.0):
http://www.opensource.apple.com/cdl

Creative Commons Attribution 1.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution 2.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution 2.5:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/1.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 2.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 2.5:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 1.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 2.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 2.5:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 1.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 2.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 2.5:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 1.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.5:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 1.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/legalcode

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Licenses:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses

Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal:
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode

Digital Peer Publishing License (v. 1.0):
http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/index_html/dppl/DPPL_v1_de_02-2004.html

Digital Peer Publishing License (v. 2.0):
http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/index_html/dppl/DPPL_v2_de_06-2004.html

Digital Peer Publishing License - "freie DPPL" (f-DPPL):
http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/index_html/fdppl/f-DPPL_v1_de_11-2004.html

Digital Peer Publishing License - "modulare DPPL" (m-DPPL):
http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/index_html/mdppl/m-DPPL_v1_de_11-2004.html

EFF Audio Public License (v. 1.0.1):
http://www.eff.org/IP/Open_licenses/20010421_eff_oal_1.0.html

electronic Music Public License:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050408042334/http://www.killerfish.de/fys/empl/empl...

Ethymonics Free Music License:
http://www.ethymonics.co.uk/fml.html

Free Art License:
http://artlibre.org/licence.php/lalgb.html

FreeBSD Documentation License:
http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html

GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.1):
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.1.html

GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.1):
http://nautix.sourceforge.net/docs/fdl.de.html
(inoffizielle deutsche Übersetzung)

GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.2):
http://www.giese-online.de/gnufdl-de.html
(inoffizielle deutsche Übersetzung)

GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.2):
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html

GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.3):
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html

Guy Hoffman's license:
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/hoffman_license.html

ifrOSS` Freie Lizenz für Texte und Textdatenbanken (IFL Text):
http://www.ifross.de/ifross_html/ifl.html

Linux Documentation Project Copying License:
http://tldp.org/LDP-COPYRIGHT.html

Lizenz "Freie Kunst":
http://artlibre.org/licence.php/lalde.html
(Übersetzung der Free Art License)

Lizenz für die freie Nutzung unveränderter Inhalte:
http://www.cec.nrw.de/Lizenzen/uvm-lizenz2html.htm

Lizenz für die nichtkommerzielle Nutzung von Inhalten an Schulen und Hochschulen:
http://www.cec.nrw.de/Lizenzen/uvm-lizenz4html.htm

Lizenz für die Nutzung von Inhalten in bestimmten Nutzerkreisen:
http://www.cec.nrw.de/Lizenzen/uvm-lizenz3html.htm

Lizenz für Freie Inhalte:
http://www.politikon.org/e-lernplattform/lizenzmodelle/lizenz-fuer-freie-inhalte...

Open Content License (OPL):
http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml

Open Directory Project License:
http://dmoz.org/license.html

Open Game License:
http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/ogl.html

Open Publication License (v. 1.0):
http://opencontent.org/openpub

Open Source Music License (OSML):
http://www.rootrecords.org/licenses.html

Public Documentation License (PDL):
http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.html

The green Open Music Licence:
http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/modules/freecontent/content/openmusic/green.html

The yellow Open Music License:
http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/modules/freecontent/content/openmusic/yellow.html

D. Other Licenses for Fair Use of Immaterial Goods

The following chapter, shows licenses which neither couldn´t be assumed to Free Software nor to the class of Open Content. They build an own kind of licenses in the category of immaterial goods.

BiOS Material Transfer Agreemant (v. 1.0):
http://www.bios.net/daisy/bios/licenses/2998/3004.html

CAMBIA Plant Molecular Enabling Technology BiOS License (v. 1.5):
http://www.bios.net/daisy/bios/3530/version/default/part/AttachmentData/data/BiO...

Open Database License (ODbL) (v. 1.0):
http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/

E. Contributor License Agreements

Dieser Abschnitt führt Vereinbarungen auf, die eine eigene ("inbound") Lizenz enthalten. Sie verweisen ("outbound") zusätzlich auf externe Lizenztexte. Übersetzen lässt sich der Begriff als Entwicklerlizenzvereinbarung.

I. CLA mit nicht-ausschließlicher Lizenz

52°North Contributor License Agreement:
http://52north.org/images/stories/52nadmin/files/52north_contributor_license_agr...

Apache Individual Contributor License Agreement V 2.0:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt

Aribaweb Contributor Agreement v. 1:
http://aribaweb.org/AribaWeb_Contributor_Agreement.pdf

Box, Inc. Contributor License Agreement:
http://opensource.box.com/cla/

Django Software Foundation Individual Contributor License Agreement:
https://www.djangoproject.com/m/foundation/icla.pdf

Dojo Foundation Individual CLA:
http://dojofoundation.org/about/claForm

Fedora Project Individual Contributor License Agreement:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Licenses/CLA

Google Individual Contributor License Agreement:
https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual

Harmony Individual Contributor License Agreement:
http://harmonyagreements.org/docs/ha-cla-i-v1.pdf

NodeJS Contributor License Agreement:
http://nodejs.org/cla.html

Open Web Foundation Contributor License Agreement v. 1.0 (Patent and Copyright Grants):
https://sites.google.com/site/openwebfoundation/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owf...

OpenCms Project by Alkacon Software CLA:
http://www.opencms.org/export/sites/opencms/de/development/contribute/OpenCms-Co...

Perl Foundation Contributor License Agreement:
http://www.perlfoundation.org/contributor_license_agreement

Qt Contribution Agreement v. 1.1 (KDE):
http://www.kde.org/community/whatiskde/QtContributionLicenseAgreement-1-1.pdf

RedHat CCM Public License v. 1.0:
http://www.redhat.com/licenses/ccmpl.html

Symbian Agreement for ongoing non-member contributions:
http://www.symlab.org/wiki/images/9/9e/Non-Member_Contribution_Agreement.pdf

Twitter CLA:
https://engineering.twitter.com/opensource/cla

Typesafe, Inc. Individual Contributor License Agreement:
http://downloads.typesafe.com/website/legal/TypesafeContributorLicenseAgreement-...

W3C Community Contributor License Agreement:
http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/cla/

II. CLA mit ausschließlicher Lizenz, Assignments

Free Software Foundation Assignment (GNU):
http://ftp.xemacs.org/old-beta/FSF/assign.changes

Free Software Foundation Europe Fiduciary License Agreement:
http://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/FLA.en.pdf

Harmony Individual Contributor Assignment Agreement:
http://harmonyagreements.org/docs/ha-caa-i-v1.pdf

Joomla Contributor Agreement:
http://developer.joomla.org/cms/contribute.html

Mobile Joomla Contributor Agreement:
http://www.mobilejoomla.com/documentation/13-development/45-contribution-agreeme...

Novell Copyright Assignment Agreement for Open Source Projects:
ftp://sdk.provo.novell.com/ndk/evolution/docs/copyright_form.pdf

Oracle Contributor Agreement:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oca-405177.pdf

SugarForge SugarCRM Contributor Agreement:
http://www.sugarforge.org/content/community/participate/contributor-agreement.ph...

Zimbra Individual Contributor License Agreement:
http://files.zimbra.com/website/docs/Zimbra-Individual-Contributor-License-Agree...

F. Committer Agreements

Der folgende Abschnitt führt Vereinbarungen auf, die die Umstände eines Beitrags regeln. Sie enthalten keine eigene Lizenz, sondern verweisen auf externe Lizenztexte. Übersetzen lässt sich der Begriff Committer Agreement als Entwicklerrahmenvereinbarung.

Debian Social Contract:
https://www.debian.org/social_contract

Fedora Project Contributor Agreement:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Fedora_Project_Contributor_Agreement#FPCA_T...

Linux Developer's Certificate of Origin v. 1.1:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentatio...

Mozilla Foundation Committer’s Agreement v2.1:
https://www.mozilla.org/hacking/committer/committers-agreement.pdf

a) BSDartige Lizenzen (Einordnung umstritten)

Boost Software License:
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt

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