In this post, I want to go a little deeper into one important type of license: those that require sharing of modifications under certain conditions, often called “copyleft” or “reciprocal” licenses
Why I used to prefer permissive licenses and now favor copyleft
The License Zero Reciprocal Public License 2.0.0-pre-1
first prerelease of the rewritten reciprocal license
CopyFair License - P2P Foundation
= a type of licensing or agreement that aims to re-introduce the principle and practice of reciprocity in markets that use mutualized knowledge (commons), by regulating contributions to these commons for those that commercialize it
Cryptographic Autonomy License
1. Purpose This License gives You unlimited permission to use and modify the software to which it applies (the “Work”), either as-is or in modified form, for Your private purposes, while protecting…
The Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) License Slide
There are a large number of Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) licenses, but only a few are widely used. The widely-used licenses tend to be compatible, i.e., the software can be combined to produce a larger work. The following “license slide” figure makes it easy to see when common licenses can be combined:
Licenses List - Creative Commons
Creative Commons is the nonprofit behind the open licenses and other legal tools that allow creators to share their work. Our legal tools are free to use.
Deed - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International - Creative Commons
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
