Source Code License

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. The license governing how source code may be used, modified, and redistributed. In legal and engineering practice, the source code license determines what organizations can safely do with a codebase beyond merely viewing it.

    In plain English: The license that defines how source code may be used and shared.

    Example: "Procurement needed the source code license reviewed before approving the dependency for embedded commercial use."

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