• In addition to the original (4-clause) license used for BSD, several derivative licenses have emerged that are also commonly referred to as a "BSD license".
  • The original BSD license was used for its namesake, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix-like operating system.
  • Note: This license has also been called the “New BSD License” or “Modified BSD License”. See also the 2-clause BSD License.
  • The MIT, Apache, and BSD 3-Clause License allows open software development and collaboration with people around the world.
  • Most of them are equivalent except for details of wording, but the license used for BSD until 1999 had a special problem: the “obnoxious BSD advertising clause.”
  • BSD licensing means free, permissive licenses for open-source software, with low restrictions regarding the use and distribution of the licensed software.
  • The BSD License, also known as the Berkeley Software Distribution license, is a popular open-source license that allows for software's free use...
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  • A permissive license similar to the BSD 2-Clause License, but with a 3rd clause that prohibits others from using the name of the copyright holder or its...
  • The Simplified BSD (or BSD 2-clause) license is the simplest BSD license. A licensee of BSD-licensed software can