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CS 6210: Module 10
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Open Source Licensing
All open source licenses:
ˇAllow free redistribution,
ˇMake the source code available
ˇAllow derived works (modify the code and offer a “new” program)
ˇMust not discriminate against persons, groups, or fields of endeavor
ˇMust not be product specific
ˇMIT License
which grants unrestricted
rights to copy, modify, and
redistribute as long as the
original copyright and license
terms are retained.
ˇBSD License
requires acknowledgements to be
made in advertisements and documentation.
ˇThe ____________ allows unrestricted
rights to copy, use, and
locally modify. It allows the
redistribution of modified
binary programs, but restricts
distribution of modified
sources.
ˇThe GNU General
Public License (GPL) requires that a program that uses portions of GPL'ed source code must also be licensed under the GPL.