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FreeDOS 1.3 will include Free software and open source software where possible.

See also FreeDOS 1.3 Packages

Note that some licenses are very old and pre-date the popularity of the GNU GPL (v1 in 1989, v2 in 1991) or the Open Source Initiative (1998). Other programs use their own licenses or other licenses not recognized or evaluated by GNU or OSI. These licenses will need to be evaluated. Goal will be to include programs with licenses that are suitably "free" and "open source."

Free Software licenses

The reference for this list can be found at GNU's web page: Various Licenses and Comments about Them

GPL-Compatible Free Software Licenses

The following licenses qualify as free software licenses, and are compatible with the GNU GPL.

  • GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 (GNUGPL) (GNUGPLv3)
  • GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 (GPLv2)
  • GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3 (LGPL) (LGPLv3)
  • GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 (LGPLv2.1)
  • GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) version 3 (AGPL) (AGPLv3.0)
  • GNU All-Permissive License (GNUAllPermissive)
  • Apache License, Version 2.0 (apache2)
  • Artistic License 2.0 (ArtisticLicense2)
  • Clarified Artistic License (ClarifiedArtistic)
  • Berkeley Database License (a.k.a. the Sleepycat Software Product License) (BerkeleyDB)
  • Boost Software License (boost)
  • Modified BSD license (ModifiedBSD)
  • CC0 (CC0)
  • CeCILL version 2 (CeCILL)
  • The Clear BSD License (clearbsd)
  • Cryptix General License (CryptixGeneralLicense)
  • eCos license version 2.0 (eCos2.0)
  • Educational Community License 2.0 (ECL2.0)
  • Eiffel Forum License, version 2 (Eiffel)
  • EU DataGrid Software License (EUDataGrid)
  • Expat License (Expat)
  • FreeBSD license (FreeBSD)
  • Freetype Project License (freetype)
  • Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer (HPND)
  • License of the iMatix Standard Function Library (iMatix)
  • License of imlib2 (imlib)
  • Independent JPEG Group License (ijg)
  • Informal license (informal) - An “informal license” means a statement such as “do whatever you like with this” or “you can redistribute this code and change it.”
  • Intel Open Source License (intel)
  • ISC License (ISC)
  • Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
  • NCSA/University of Illinois Open Source License (NCSA)
  • License of Netscape JavaScript (NetscapeJavaScript)
  • OpenLDAP License, Version 2.7 (newOpenLDAP)
  • License of Perl 5 and below (PerlLicense)
  • Public Domain (PublicDomain)
  • License of Python 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and newer versions (Python)
  • License of Python 1.6a2 and earlier versions (Python1.6a2)
  • License of Ruby (Ruby)
  • SGI Free Software License B, version 2.0 (SGIFreeB)
  • Standard ML of New Jersey Copyright License (StandardMLofNJ)
  • Unicode, Inc. License Agreement for Data Files and Software (Unicode)
  • Universal Permissive License (UPL) (UPL)
  • The Unlicense (Unlicense)
  • License of Vim, Version 6.1 or later (Vim)
  • W3C Software Notice and License (W3C)
  • License of WebM (WebM)
  • WTFPL, Version 2 (WTFPL)
  • WxWidgets Library License (Wx)
  • WxWindows Library License (Wxwind)
  • X11 License (X11License)
  • XFree86 1.1 License (XFree861.1License)
  • License of ZLib (ZLib)
  • Zope Public License, versions 2.0 and 2.1 (Zope2.0)

GPL-Incompatible Free Software Licenses

The following licenses are free software licenses, but are not compatible with the GNU GPL.

  • Affero General Public License version 1 (AGPLv1.0)
  • Academic Free License, all versions through 3.0 (AcademicFreeLicense)
  • Apache License, Version 1.1 (apache1.1)
  • Apache License, Version 1.0 (apache1)
  • Apple Public Source License (APSL), version 2 (apsl2)
  • BitTorrent Open Source License (bittorrent)
  • Original BSD license (OriginalBSD)
  • CeCILL-B version 1 (CeCILL-B)
  • CeCILL-C version 1 (CeCILL-C)
  • Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), version 1.0 (CDDL)
  • Common Public Attribution License 1.0 (CPAL) (CPAL)
  • Common Public License Version 1.0 (CommonPublicLicense10)
  • Condor Public License (Condor)
  • Eclipse Public License Version 1.0 (EPL)
  • Eclipse Public License Version 2.0 (EPL2)
  • European Union Public License (EUPL) version 1.1 (EUPL-1.1)
  • European Union Public License (EUPL) version 1.2 (EUPL-1.2)
  • Fraunhofer FDK AAC license (fdk)
  • Gnuplot license (gnuplot)
  • IBM Public License, Version 1.0 (IBMPL)
  • Jabber Open Source License, Version 1.0 (josl)
  • LaTeX Project Public License 1.3a (LPPL-1.3a)
  • LaTeX Project Public License 1.2 (LPPL-1.2)
  • Lucent Public License Version 1.02 (Plan 9 license) (lucent102)
  • Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) (ms-pl)
  • Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL) (ms-rl)
  • Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 1.1 (MPL)
  • Netizen Open Source License (NOSL), Version 1.0 (NOSL)
  • Netscape Public License (NPL), versions 1.0 and 1.1 (NPL)
  • Nokia Open Source License (Nokia)
  • Old OpenLDAP License, Version 2.3 (oldOpenLDAP)
  • Open Software License, all versions through 3.0 (OSL)
  • OpenSSL license (OpenSSL)
  • Phorum License, Version 2.0 (Phorum)
  • PHP License, Version 3.01 (PHP-3.01)
  • License of Python 1.6b1 through 2.0 and 2.1 (PythonOld)
  • Q Public License (QPL), Version 1.0 (QPL)
  • RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL), Version 1.0 (RPSL)
  • Sun Industry Standards Source License 1.0 (SISSL)
  • Sun Public License (SPL)
  • License of xinetd (xinetd)
  • Yahoo! Public License 1.1 (Yahoo)
  • Zend License, Version 2.0 (Zend)
  • Zimbra Public License 1.3 (Zimbra)
  • Zope Public License version 1 (Zope)

Open Source Initiative licenses

The reference for this list can be found at the Open Source Initiative's web page: Licenses by Name

The following licenses have been approved by the OSI. The parenthesized expression following a license name is its SPDX short identifier (if one exists).

  • 2-clause BSD License (BSD-2-Clause)
  • 3-clause BSD License (BSD-3-Clause)
  • Academic Free License 3.0 (AFL-3.0)
  • Adaptive Public License (APL-1.0)
  • Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
  • Apple Public Source License (APSL-2.0)
  • Artistic License 2.0 (Artistic-2.0)
  • Attribution Assurance License (AAL)
  • Boost Software License (BSL-1.0)
  • BSD License: See 3-clause BSD License and 2-clause BSD License
  • BSD+Patent (BSD-2-Clause-Patent)
  • CeCILL License 2.1 (CECILL-2.1)
  • Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.1 (CATOSL-1.1)
  • Common Development and Distribution License 1.0 (CDDL-1.0)
  • Common Public Attribution License 1.0 (CPAL-1.0)
  • CUA Office Public License Version 1.0 (CUA-OPL-1.0)
  • EU DataGrid Software License (EUDatagrid)
  • Eclipse Public License 1.0 (EPL-1.0)
  • Eclipse Public License 2.0 (EPL-2.0)
  • eCos License version 2.0
  • Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (ECL-2.0)
  • Eiffel Forum License V2.0 (EFL-2.0)
  • Entessa Public License (Entessa)
  • European Union Public License, Version 1.1 (EUPL-1.1) (links to every language's version on their site)
  • Fair License (Fair)
  • Frameworx License (Frameworx-1.0)
  • Free Public License 1.0.0 (0BSD)
  • GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPL-3.0)
  • GNU General Public License version 2 (GPL-2.0)
  • GNU General Public License version 3 (GPL-3.0)
  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 (LGPL-2.1)
  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 (LGPL-3.0)
  • Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer (HPND)
  • IBM Public License 1.0 (IPL-1.0)
  • IPA Font License (IPA)
  • ISC License (ISC)
  • LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c (LPPL-1.3c)
  • Licence Libre du Québec – Permissive (LiLiQ-P) version 1.1
  • Licence Libre du Québec – Réciprocité (LiLiQ-R) version 1.1
  • Licence Libre du Québec – Réciprocité forte (LiLiQ-R+) version 1.1
  • Lucent Public License Version 1.02 (LPL-1.02)
  • MirOS Licence (MirOS)
  • Microsoft Public License (MS-PL)
  • Microsoft Reciprocal License (MS-RL)
  • MIT License (MIT)
  • Motosoto License (Motosoto)
  • Mozilla Public License 1.0 (MPL-1.0)
  • Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL-1.1)
  • Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
  • Multics License (Multics)
  • NASA Open Source Agreement 1.3 (NASA-1.3)
  • NTP License (NTP)
  • Naumen Public License (Naumen)
  • Nethack General Public License (NGPL)
  • Nokia Open Source License (Nokia)
  • Non-Profit Open Software License 3.0 (NPOSL-3.0)
  • OCLC Research Public License 2.0 (OCLC-2.0)
  • Open Group Test Suite License (OGTSL)
  • Open Software License 3.0 (OSL-3.0)
  • OSET Public License version 2.1
  • PHP License 3.0 (PHP-3.0)
  • The PostgreSQL License (PostgreSQL)
  • Python License (Python-2.0) (overall Python license)
  • CNRI Python license (CNRI-Python) (CNRI portion of Python License)
  • Q Public License (QPL-1.0)
  • RealNetworks Public Source License V1.0 (RPSL-1.0)
  • Reciprocal Public License 1.5 (RPL-1.5)
  • Ricoh Source Code Public License (RSCPL)
  • SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1)
  • Simple Public License 2.0 (SimPL-2.0)
  • Sleepycat License (Sleepycat)
  • Sun Public License 1.0 (SPL-1.0)
  • Sybase Open Watcom Public License 1.0 (Watcom-1.0)
  • University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (NCSA)
  • Universal Permissive License (UPL)
  • Upstream Compatibility License v1.0
  • Vovida Software License v. 1.0 (VSL-1.0)
  • W3C License (W3C)
  • wxWindows Library License (WXwindows)
  • X.Net License (Xnet)
  • Zero Clause BSD License (0BSD): see Free Public License 1.0.0
  • Zope Public License 2.0 (ZPL-2.0)
  • zlib/libpng license (Zlib)
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