License Glossary
Browse 4 license terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 License Terms
- Apache License
- A permissive open-source license similar to MIT but with an explicit patent grant — users get a license to any patents held by contributors. The 'grown-up'...
- Copyleft
- A licensing philosophy that uses copyright law to require that modified versions of a work must also be distributed under the same terms. A deliberate...
- GPL
- GNU General Public License — a copyleft license that requires any derivative work to also be released under the GPL. The 'viral' license: if your code touches...
- MIT License
- MIT License is one of the most popular and permissive open-source software licenses, originating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It allows...
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