Table 3 Frequently used open-source license classification
From: Evaluation indicators for open-source software: a review
Category | License Name |
|---|---|
Highly restrictive | Eclipse Public License 1.0/ European Union Public License 1.1 |
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 | |
GNU General Public License v2.0 / GNU General Public License v3.0 | |
LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c / Microsoft Reciprocal License | |
Mozilla Public License 2.0 / SIL Open Font License 1.1 / Open Software License 3.0 | |
Retrictive | GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 / GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 |
BSD 3-clause Clear License / Apache License 2.0 / Artistic License 2.0 | |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 / Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal | |
Academic Free License v3.0 / Microsoft Public License | |
Unrestrictive | BSD 2-clause “Simplified” License / BSD 3-clause “New” or “Revised” License |
ISC License / MIT License / The Unlicense /zlib License |