This is not legal advice. A = Allows short statement of application B = Preserves copyright statements and notices C = Allows distribution without full license text D = License is or may be fixed to exclude later versions This is a table of OSI "Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities". | A | B | C | D | ---------------------------+---+---+---+---+ Apache License 2.0 | N | Y | N | Y | Modified BSD | Y | N | N | Y | GNU GPL 2 | ? | ? | N | Y | GNU LGPL 2.1 | ? | ? | N | N | MIT | Y | N | N | Y | Mozilla Public License 1.1 | N | Y | N | N | CDDL 1.0 | Y | Y | N | Y | Common Public License 1.0 | Y | Y | N | N | ---------------------------+---+---+---+---+