53289 sbp 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 | ---------------------------+---+---+---+---+ 3408024696 #swhack 2 sbp This is not legal advice. | 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 | ----------------------------+---+---+---+---+ Adaptive Public License 1.0 | N | Y | N | N | The Artistic License | Y | Y | Y | Y | (but much maligned) Artistic License 2.0 | Y | N | Y | ? | Open Software License 3.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | (not DSFG compatible?) Q Public License 1.0 | Y | Y | N | Y | zlib/libpng License | Y | N | ? | Y | ----------------------------+---+---+---+---+ AFL 3.0 | Y | ? | Y | Y | (not DSFG compatible?) Attribution Assurance | N | N | N | Y | Eiffel Forum License v2 | Y | Y | N | Y | Fair License | Y | N | N | Y | Lucent Public License 1.02 | Y | ? | N | N | NCSA Open Source License | ? | N | N | ? | ----------------------------+---+---+---+---+ 3408083258 #swhack 1 sbp This is not legal advice. | 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 | ----------------------------+---+---+---+---+ Adaptive Public License 1.0 | N | Y | N | N | The Artistic License | Y | Y | Y | Y | (but much maligned) Artistic License 2.0 | Y | N | Y | ? | Open Software License 3.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | (but not DSFG compatible?) Q Public License 1.0 | Y | Y | N | Y | zlib/libpng License | Y | N | ? | Y | ----------------------------+---+---+---+---+ 3408027300 #swhack