Free License

• The Open Source Definition, by Bruce Perens
• GNU General Public License
• GNU Library General Public License
• GNU Free Documentation License
• Why you shouldn't use the Library GPL for your next library, by Richard Stallman
• Netscape and Mozilla Public Licenses
• FreeBSD and related Licenses
• Linux Documentation Project Copying License
• Aladdin Free Public License
• Independent JPEG Group's software README file (less restrictive than GNU)
• eflib License Agreement
• Artistic License
• Open Content

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar, by Eric S. Raymond
• Homesteading the Noosphere, by Eric S. Raymond
• The Magic Cauldron, by Eric S. Raymond
• Setting Up Shop: The Business of Open Source Software, by Frank Hecker
• How To Make Money With Open-Source Software, by Donald K. Rosenberg
• In the Beginning was the Command Line, by Neal Stephenson

If you know of any other license agreements that promote and protect free software please let me know.

Send additions, suggestions and other comments to: Ray Ontko (rayo@ontko.com)

Last modified: Sunday, 05-Oct-2008 08:06:18 EDT