Free Software License - FSF-approved "free Software" Licenses

FSF-approved "free Software" Licenses

Free Software Foundation, the group that maintains The Free Software Definition, maintains a 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.

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