BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) licenses are a family of permissive open-source licenses.
Questions tagged [bsd-license]
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MIT vs. BSD vs. Dual License
My understanding is that:
MIT-licensed projects can be used/redistributed in BSD-licensed projects.
BSD-licensed projects can be used/redistributed in MIT-licensed projects.
The MIT and the BSD 2-clause licenses are essentially identical.
BSD…
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What is the best practice for arranging third-party library licenses "paperwork"?
I am developing a small open source project. The application uses many third-party libraries released with a range of licenses: Apache, MIT, BSD, LGPL and CDDL.
Each of these licenses has its own “paperwork” requirements. For example, the Apache…
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Why do people pick the MIT license over BSD, if BSD's "non-endorsement clause" is a good idea?
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What is the purpose of the "non-endorsement clause" in the New BSD license?
it seems smarter to pick the BSD license over the MIT, to prevent people using your name in an unwanted way.
If that is the case,…
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Can I use new BSD licensed library/code in commercial closed source project?
I've found a software library, licensed under the new BSD license.
I want to use in my closed source commercial project. Can I do it?
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Is BSD license compatible with Apache?
Can I develop a BSD-licensed software that extends an Apache-licensed software (and vice-versa)?
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What is the purpose of the "non-endorsement clause" in the New BSD license?
Note: This question is not about the "obnoxious BSD advertising clause". The New BSD license does not contain that clause, and is compatible with the GPL.
I'm trying to pick between the New BSD license and the MIT license for my own projects. They…
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ISC license advice
Is the ISC license suitable as a MIT or Simplified BSD license replacement?
What are the pros and cons of ISC compared to MIT or BSD?
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Relicense BSD 2/3-clause code to GPL
Suppose I release some source code under the new BSD license. Is it allowed for someone else to take this code, make modifications to it and distribute it under the terms of the GPL? From Wikipedia:
Many of the most common free software
licenses,…
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Future of a ServiceStack based Solution in the Context of Licensing
I just want someone to clarify the following questions as Demis Bellot had announced a couple of weeks ago that ServiceStack would go commercial. Refer link below.
https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12tfvoackvnx1xzd04cfrirpvybu1nje54
(Please…
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How to manage copyright notices from contributors to a BSD licensed project
We have the following BSD license in the LICENSE file:
Copyright (c) 2006-2016 SymPy Development Team
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following…
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Is it legal to include BSD licensed code within an MIT licensed project?
If this is possible, how do I go about putting this in the license file or in the source files where the BSD licensed code was used?
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BSD/MIT license changes when copy/pasting a function from another BSD/MIT licensed package
I frequently find myself wanting to use some small function from another library but end up not doing because it's not worth pulling another dependency.
Considering BSD/MIT licenses, if I just copy/paste a function from another package, what would…
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How to manage, in practice, licence files when combining GPL and BSD licensed code?
I am writing code that uses one library with GPL (not LGPL) license, and one with the 3-clause BSD license. Since I link to GPL-licensed library, my code will need to be GPL as well. How should I, in practice, deal with the original LICENSE.txt from…
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What are the legal considerations when forking a BSD-licensed project?
I'm interested in forking a project released under a two-clause BSD license:
Copyright (c) 2010 {copyright holder}
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, are permitted provided that…
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What is the difference between releasing code under the BSD license and releasing it as public domain?
You are free to use BSD licensed code for anything, even commercial, closed source software.
How is that any different than just releasing it as public domain?
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