Open Source License Information
If you plan to reuse open source code, you should first decide if you can safely abide by its license policy.
Below is a list of common open source licenses. Click the license name for more information.
If you would like more information on adoption rates of these licenses, please visit the Black Duck Software Open Source License Resource Center.
| Name |
Abbr. |
| Academic Free License |
AFL |
| Apache License, Version 2.0 |
AL20 |
| Apache Software License |
ASL |
| Apple Public Source Licenses |
APSL |
| BSD License |
BSD |
| Common Development and Distribution License |
CDDL |
| Common Public License |
CPL |
| Code Project Open License |
CPOL |
| Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
EPL10 |
| Globus Toolkit Public License |
GTPL |
| GNU General Public License v,1 v2 & v3 |
GPL |
| GNU GPL 3 Affero |
AGPLv3 |
| GNU |
LGPL |
| IBM Public License |
IBMPL |
| Intel Open Source License |
IOSL |
| International License Agreement for Non-Warranted Programs |
IBMILA |
| Microsoft Community License |
MSCL |
| Microsoft Limited Community License |
MSLCL |
| Microsoft Limited Permissive License |
MSLPL |
| Microsoft Permissive License |
MSPL |
| Microsoft Reference License |
MSRL |
| Microsoft Visual Studio SDK License |
MSVSSDK |
| MIT Derived License |
MITD |
| Mozilla Public License Version 1.0 |
MPL10 |
| Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 |
MPL11 |
| Netscape Public License, Version 1.0 |
NPL10 |
| Netscape Public License, Version 1.1 |
NPL11 |
| Open Software License |
OSL |
| PHP License |
PHPL |
| Python License |
CNRIPL |
| Python Software Foundation License |
PSFL |
| Sleepycat Software Product License |
SL |
| Sun Industry Standards Source License |
SISSL |
| Sun Public License |
SPL |
| W3C Software License |
W3C |
| wxWindows Library License |
WXWLL |
| zlib/libpng License |
ZLL |
| Zope Public License |
ZPL |
