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Software license
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A software license is a legal instrument (usually by way of contract law, with or without printed material) governing the use or redistribution of software. Under United States copyright law all software is copyright protected, except material in the public domain. A typical software license grants an end-user permission to use one or more copies of software in ways where such a use would otherwise potentially constitute copyright infringement of the software owner's exclusive rights under copyright law. In addition to granting rights and imposing restrictions on the use of software, software licenses typically contain provisions Diagram of software under various which allocate liability and responsibility between the parties licenses entering into the license agreement. In enterprise and commercial software transactions these terms, such as limitations of liability, warranties and warranty disclaimers, and indemnity if the software infringes intellectual property rights of others. Software licenses can generally be t into the following categories: proprietary licenses and free and open source. The signicant feature that distinguishes them are the terms which the end-user's might further distribute or copy the software.
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1 Software licenses and copyright law 2 Proprietary software licenses 3 Free and open-source software licenses 4 See also 5 References 6 External links
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Main articles: Free software license and Open source software license Free and open-source licenses generally fall under two categories: Those with the aim to have minimal requirements about how the software can be redistributed (permissive licenses), and those that aim to preserve the freedoms that are given to the users by ensuring that all subsequent users receives those rights (copyleft Licenses). An example of a copyleft free software license is the GNU General Public License (GPL). This license is aimed at giving all user unlimited freedom to use, study, and privately modify the software, and if the user adheres to the terms and conditions of GPL, freedom to redistribute the software or any modications to it. For instance, any modications made and redistributed by the end-user must include the source code for these, and the license of any derivative work must not put any [5] additional restrictions beyond what GPL allows. Examples of permissive free software licenses are the BSD license and the MIT license, which give unlimited permission to use, study, and privately modify the software, and includes only minimal requirements on redistribution. This gives a user the permission to take the code and use it as part of closed-source software or software released under a proprietary software license. Free Software Foundation, the group that maintains The Free Software Denition, maintains a [6] non-exhaustive list of free software licenses. The list distinguishes between free software licenses that are compatible or incompatible with the FSF license of choice, the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft license. The list also contains licenses which the FSF considers non-free for various reasons, but which are sometimes mistaken as being free. For more details on this topic, see List of FSF approved software licenses.
See also
Comparison of free software licenses Copy protection Copyright licenses (category) Digital rights management Dual-licensing License-free software License manager Product activation Product key Software metering
References
1. ^ "UMG v. Augusto" (http://www.e.org/cases/umg-v-augusto). January 28, 2009. 2. ^ "Court smacks Autodesk, arms right to sell used software" (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy /news/2008/05/court-smacks-autodesk-arms-right-to-sell-used-software.ars). May 23, 2008. 3. ^ "Vernor v. Autodesk" (http://www.citizen.org/litigation/forms/cases/CaseDetails.cfm?cID=437). 2007-11-14. 4. ^ a b c Scholten, Thomas. "Software Licensing" (http://www.softwareresearches.net/). Retrieved 21 May 2012. 5. ^ "The GNU General Public License v3.0 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)" (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). fsf.org. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
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"Relationships between dierent types of licenses Free and Non-Free" (http://www.fsf.org /licensing/licenses). Free Software Foundation "Various Licenses and Comments about Them" (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/licenselist.html). Free Software Foundation. Software licensing for a small ISV and the issue of open source (http://www.bricklin.com /licensingthinking.htm) by Dan Bricklin Denition of software licensing (http://web.archive.org/web/20110721052929/http: //knol.google.com/k/jon-gillespie-brown/what-is-software-licensing/3v64x901bjfe2/2#) at knol.google.de Why product activation for software is becoming widespread (http://web.archive.org /web/20110721052936/http://knol.google.com/k/why-product-activation-for-softwareis-becoming-widespread#) at knol.google.com The Challenges of Licensing (http://omtco.eu/references/licensing/) The Knowledge Net of Software Licensing Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Software_license&oldid=570935698" Categories: Software licenses
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