https://github.com/shravan20/software-verified-licenses

Open source licenses are licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition — in brief, they allow software to be freely used, modified, and shared. To be approved by the Open Source Initiative (also known as the OSI), a license must go through the Open Source Initiative's license review process.
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Open source licenses are licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition — in brief, they allow software to be freely used, modified, and shared. To be approved by the Open Source Initiative (also known as the OSI), a license must go through the Open Source Initiative's license review process.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/shravan20/software-verified-licenses
• Owner: shravan20
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-02-23T10:44:12.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-03-12T08:16:43.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-09T19:17:31.248Z (8 months ago)
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• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# software-verified-licenses

Open source licenses are licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition — in brief, they allow software to be freely used, modified, and shared. To be approved by the Open Source Initiative (also known as the OSI), a license must go through the Open Source Initiative's license review process.

## Currently Verified Licenses

- ### MIT License

A short, permissive software license. Basically, you can do whatever you want as long as you include the original copyright and license notice in any copy of the software/source.  There are many variations of this license in use.

| Can :heavy_check_mark:  | Cannot :x:  | Must :exclamation:  |

|:-:|:-:|:-:|

|  **Commercial Use**

(You may use the work commercially.)  | **Hold Liable**

(The work is provided "as is". You may not hold the author liable.)  | **Include Copyright**

(You must include the copyright notice in all copies or substantial uses of the work.)  |

|  **Modify**

(You may make changes to the work.)  |   | **Include License**

(You must include the license notice in all copies or substantial uses of the work.)  |

|  **Distribute**

(You may distribute the compiled code and/or source.)  |   |   |

|  **Sublicense**

(You may incorporate the work into something that has a more restrictive license.)  |   |   |

|  **Private Use**

(You may use the work for private use.)  |   |   |

- ### Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)

  

You can do what you like with the software, as long as you include the required notices. This permissive license contains a patent license from the contributors of the code.

| Can :heavy_check_mark:  | Cannot :x:  | Must :exclamation:  |

|:-:|:-:|:-:|

| **Commercial Use**

(Describes the ability to use the software for commercial purposes.)  | **Hold Liable**

(Describes the warranty and if the software/license owner can be charged for damages.)  | **Include Copyright**

(Describes whether the original copyright must be retained.)  |

| **Modify**

(Describes the ability to modify the software and create derivatives.)  | **Use Trademark**

(Describes the allowance of using contributors' names, trademarks or logos.)  | **Include License**

(Including the full text of license in modified software.)  |

| **Distribute**

(Describes the ability to distribute original or modified (derivative) works.)  |   | **State Changes**

(Stating significant changes made to software.)  |

| **Sublicense**

(Describes the ability for you to grant/extend a license to the software.)  |   | **Include Notice**

(If the library has a "NOTICE" file with attribution notes, you must include that NOTICE when you distribute. You may append to this NOTICE file.)  |

| **Private Use**

(Describes the ability to use/modify software freely without distributing it.)  |   |   |

| **Use Patent Claims**

(Describes the rights to practice patent claims of contributors to the code.)  |   |   |

| **Place Warranty**

(Describes the ability to place warranty on the software licensed.)  |   |   |