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	GNU General Public License (GPL) - http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html One standard for licensing free software.
	W3C IPR Software Notice - http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software-19980720 W3C = World Wide Web Consortium, one of the Internet's main standard-setting bodies.
	GNU: List of Licenses - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html Various licenses and comments about them.
	OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition - http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd Not a license itself, but a definition of what conditions a license must fulfill in order to be termed an Open Source license.
	Open Source Initiative - Licenses - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ Copies of licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative.

	Apache Server Licenses - http://www.apache.org/licenses/ Overview of the different versions of the Apache licenses.
	GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) - http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html Formerly: GNU Library GPL.
	GNU Free Documentation License - http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html A version of the GPL for reference material.
	Mozilla and Netscape Public Licenses - http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ Describes the licensing policy of the Mozilla Foundation, with the full texts of the various licenses, and FAQs.
	Affero - General Public License - http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html Copyleft license, derived from the GNU-GPL, designed to protect software distributed as web services.

	Zope Public License (ZPL) - http://www.zope.org/Resources/License/ Patterned after Apache license.
	Apple: Apple Public Source License (APSL) - http://www.publicsource.apple.com/apsl/ Apple's license for software released as source code.
	Ruby License - http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt Dual terms: use GPL terms or its own terms.
	BSD: FreeBSD Copyright - http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html License for FreeBSD operating system.
	PHP Licence Information - http://www.php.net/license/ Covers licensing issues for developers distributing applications in PHP. Includes links to annotated version of the relevant licenses and other related resources.

	Squeak License - http://squeak.org/SqueakLicense/ License for the Squeak software suite, mainly provided by Apple.
	Lucent Technologies, Inc. - http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/license.html Plan 9 Open Source license agreement
	The Artistic License - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php Perl package license.
	Debian Social Contract - http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html License for Debian GNU/Linux.
	Lua Copyright notice - http://www.lua.org/copyright.html From Brazil, programming language framework.

	LaTeX Project Public License - http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/ Particularly suited for TeX-related programs.
	Trolltech: Q Public License (QPL) - http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/licenses/licensing/qpl License for the Qt Free Edition.
	MySQL - http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/ Complex hybrid license: public domain, GPL, LGPL, Open Source, commercial.
	BSD: OpenBSD Copyright Policy - http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html License and background on Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group copyrights.
	BSD: 4.4BSD Copyright - http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/license.html License for 4.4BSD.

	Mozilla Public License Version 1.0 - http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.0.html Follows the Debian Free Software guidelines.
	Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/book/ Full text of the book by Andrew M. St. Laurent.
	eCos License Overview - http://ecos.sourceware.org/license-overview.html Summary of license for Red Hat eCos operating system.
	Liberal Source Software (LSS) - http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/liblicence.txt Hybrid licensing model, between free and commercial software licenses.
	Vita Nuova Inferno Subscription License - http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/licence.html Fee based, partly open source, for Lucent network OS.

	BSD: NetBSD Licensing and Redistribution - http://www.netbsd.org/about/redistribution.html License patterned after FreeBSD Copyright.
	Open Source Software Licensing Page - http://www.stromian.com/Open_Source_Licensing.htm Some very interesting articles on free software licensing: history, forms, and problems, seen from a commercial view. Links to some license texts and important open source sites.
	E Licenses - http://www.erights.org/download/licenses.html Mozilla or Mozilla compatible, for E programming language.
	Mozart License Agreement - http://www.mozart-oz.org/LICENSE.html Mozart: an implementation of Oz 3 programming language.
	Eiffel: ISE Free Eiffel Library License (IFELL) - http://archive.eiffel.com/products/base/license.html For the EiffelBase library.

	IBM - Common Public License (CPL) - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/ Open source software license.
	Against DRM 2.0 - http://www.freecreations.org/ A free copyleft license for artworks, which forbids DRM. Includes licence text, FAQ, and a few translations.
	RTEMS License Information - http://www.rtems.com/license/index.html RTEMS open source real-time operating system uses GNU Public License (GPL), except for some special, very limited exceptions.
	License information for Xinu software - http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/xlicense.html License for the XINU operating system
	Christian Software Public License (CSPL) - http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/cspl.html Christianized variant of BSD license.

	Quick Reference Guide - http://pgl.yoyo.org/lqr/ A chart comparing attributes of major licenses, including the option to select your bias.
	Open Group Public License - http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/license/ Open Motif Graphical GUI Software, Public End User License.
	Aladdin Free Public License (AFPL) - ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin/PUBLIC For Ghostscript, by Aladdin Enterprises.
	Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/ A non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright. Offering work under a Creative Commons license does not mean giving up copyright. It means offering some of an author's rights to any taker, and only on certain conditions.
	Freshmeat - http://freshmeat.net/browse/13/?topic_id=13 Listings of browseable licenses and articles.

	Bixoft Public License - http://www.bixoft.nl/english/license.htm A proposal for an Open Source license that clearly distinguishes between software programs and programming tools.
	x-kernel Copyright Notice - http://www.cs.arizona.edu/projects/xkernel/copyright.html Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona.
	Amulet License Agreement - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/amulet/amulet3/manual/overview.html#1002211 CMU Amulet Toolkit License Agreement.
	Amoeba copyright notice - http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/amoeba/COPYRIGHT A free software OS.

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