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BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License
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Protects the author
The author of the software avoids any risk for how the software may be used by others.
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Permissive/ Pushover License
Code can be used in closed source products
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Simple
Simple to understand and follow
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Liability
The original author is not to be held liable for any claim or damages caused by the software.
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GPL2 Compatible
Compatible with the GPL2 License
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No warranty
The software comes with no warranty.
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Permissive License
Code can easily be included in other projects
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MIT License
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Prevents lock-in
The license basically allows anyone to do whatever they want with the code as long as the original copyright and license notice is included along with the copy of the code. The code can be used for commercially, privately, it can be modified and it can be distributed.
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Does not protect long-term user freedom
The MIT/Expat license doesn't protect against open-source code being taken (without payment) and used in proprietary software. This is harmful to user freedom because it lets future development be taken out of the public domain and instead moved into non-free programs. In addition, it doesn't protect against software patents being used to attack user freedom. Unlike the Apache 2.0 and GPLv3 licenses, the MIT/Expat was written before software patents became a problem and doesn't include a patent release.
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Short and simple
The MIT license is one of the shortest licenses of all the major recognized open source licenses. The full text is just 3 paragraphs long.
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Does not prevent others from taking and selling your software
The MIT license is permissive enough that anyone can take your code, rebrand it and sell it.
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Explicitly allows sublicensing
The license specifically mentions that the code can be used in other software that might have a less permissive license.
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Ambiguous name
The MIT License is sometimes known as the Expat License or the X11 License because it has been used with different names in different places.
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Protects the author
The author of the software avoids any risk for how the software may be used by others.
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Simplified BSD License
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Can be used with proprietary software
BSD licensed software can be used with proprietary software.
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Nothing prevents someone else from making money off of your software
The 2-clause BSD license is permissive enough that anyone can take your code, rebrand it and sell it.
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Short and simple text
This license has one requirement with 2 clauses, both of whcih are related to the distribution of the license itself.
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Protects the author
The author of the software avoids any risk for how the software may be used by others.
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Prevents lock-in
The license basically allows anyone to do whatever they want with the code as long as the original copyright and license notice is included along with the copy of the code. The code can be used for commercially, it can be modified and it can be distributed.
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AGPL
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Cannot be sublicensed
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Protects user freedom in the cloud
Designed to ensure that end-users can access source code, even when applications run on remote web servers.
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Ensures that derivitave works are also protected by strong copyleft
Works extending the original must be licensed in a similar fashion to the AGPL, preserving and extending the user freedoms originally granted.
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Protects the author
The author of the software avoids any risk for how the software may be used by others.
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Ensures source access
Designed to make sure users have the freedom to access source code.
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The Unlicense
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Short and simple
The Unlicense is just 3 paragraphs long.
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Gives no control of how the code is used
Putting the code in the public domain leaves it open to abuse.
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It helps removing the conflicts and violence present in the world
Simple, negativates intellectual property, doesn`t falsely legitimate government coercive threats against other humans not mattering what they have done with their code. You can be sure that using it you avoid "my property, it's mine, ok? I just left it for you to use under my conditions, I own it, I wrote it in that file, it makes sense, my government also says so, now die or I'll kill you."
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Hasn't been reviewed by OSI
The OSI (Open Source Initiative) is an organization that promotes open source software and they commonly review open source licenses. However, they have decided not to review Unlicensed because it has not been written by legal professionals.
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Removes any possible licensing issues
Everything under the Unlicense is part of the public domain, which means that anything can be done with it.
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Unlicensed code is easy to find
When using public code hosts such as GitHub and BitBucket it is suggested to use the filename UNLICENSE instead of the more traditional LICENSE or COPYRIGHT to store the license so it's easier to find unlicensed code. Additionally, the first line of the license is worded in a unique way specifically to allow searching for it with search engines.
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Protects the author
The author of the software avoids any risk for how the software may be used by others.
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GPLv2
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Cannot be linked with other licenses
Software licensed under the GNU GPLv2 is incompatible with all other licenses, with the exception of GPLv3 in most cases. This means that code from a GPLv2 program cannot be combined with code under another license in the same program.
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Ensures that derivitave works are also protected by copyleft
Ensures that the software and its derivatives remain licensed under the same license to keep the software free and open source.
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Long and complicated
The license is very long and complicated, making it hard to read and comprehend. However, there is a simplified version available here.
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Guarantees that all changes are given back
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Ensures that the software does not become proprietary
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