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Comparing Open Source Licenses

By Dave McLoughlin • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Comparisons, Open Source Licensing

The OpenLogic Certified Library includes hundreds of projects and over 225 different licenses, most of which are based — at least loosely — on one of the 18 most commonly used license types. We’ve laid out for you in table form a detailed comparison of the common features of these licenses.