List of FSF approved software licences

List of FSF approved software licences

The following is a list of software licences which Free Software Foundation (FSF) has approved as complying with their Free Software Definition. They are thus, according to FSF, free software licences.

ee also

*Comparison of free software licences
*Free software licences
*List of OSI approved software licences
*List of software licences

References

External links

* [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses FSF's list of free software licenses]


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