Licensing Resources

Resources on the web related to licensing issues with FOSS Software

Open Source Initiative Approved Licenses by admin — last modified 2004-07-17 02:00 AM

The Open Source Initiative have collected copies of the licenses approved by OSI. Software released under these licenses can be said to be "Open Source".

The Free Software Foundation by admin — last modified 2004-07-22 03:31 PM

The organization behind the GPL license, it promotes the development and use of free software.

GNU Licenses by admin — last modified 2004-07-22 03:33 PM

The page explaining the General Public License (GPL) and other free software licenses.

Open Source Software Foundry by Kenneth Wong — last modified 2004-08-02 04:38 PM

Contains a licensing FAQ and tutorial, written from the Taiwanese point of view. Both English and Chinese (traditional) versions.

Guide to choosing and using free software licenses for government and public sector entities by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-09-14 01:10 PM

This guide looks at choosing and using free software licenses in the two situations in which government and public sector entities may find themselves which is acquisition and development of software

Software Freedom Law Center by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-02-01 11:09 PM

Software Freedom Law Center provides legal representation and other law related services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software.