BSD license
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The BSD license is a family of permissive free software licenses that allow redistribution and use with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
Aliases (25)
- BSD 3-Clause License ×6
- BSD License ×3
- BSD licenses ×2
- BSD-3-Clause ×2
- BSD-3-Clause License ×2
- 2-clause BSD license ×1
- 4-clause BSD license ×1
- BSD 2-Clause License ×1
- BSD 2-clause license ×1
- BSD-2-Clause ×1
- BSD-2-Clause License ×1
- BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD ×1
- BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD ×1
- BSD-3-Clause-Attribution ×1
- BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License ×1
- BSD-4-Clause ×1
- BSD-4-Clause-UC ×1
- BSD-style license ×1
- FreeBSD License ×1
- FreeBSD license ×1
- Modified BSD license ×1
- NetBSD license ×1
- New BSD license ×1
- PostgreSQL License ×1
- Simplified BSD license ×1
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
permissive free software license
→
software license family → |
| allows |
commercial use
→
modification → redistribution → sublicensing → use in proprietary software → |
| category | free and open-source software license → |
| contains |
limitation of liability clause
→
warranty disclaimer → |
| contrastWith | copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL → |
| developedFor |
BSD
→
surface form: "Berkeley Software Distribution"
|
| doesNotRequire |
copyleft
→
disclosure of source code when distributing binaries → |
| hasVariant |
BSD license
→
surface form: "2-clause BSD license"
3-clause BSD license → BSD license →
surface form: "4-clause BSD license"
BSD license →
surface form: "BSD-2-Clause"
BSD license →
surface form: "BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD"
BSD license →
surface form: "BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD"
BSD license →
surface form: "BSD-3-Clause"
BSD license →
surface form: "BSD-3-Clause-Attribution"
BSD-3-Clause-Clear → BSD license →
surface form: "BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License"
BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-Warranty → BSD license →
surface form: "BSD-4-Clause"
BSD license →
surface form: "BSD-4-Clause-UC"
BSD license →
surface form: "FreeBSD license"
ISC license → BSD license →
surface form: "Modified BSD license"
BSD license →
surface form: "NetBSD license"
BSD license →
surface form: "New BSD license"
Original BSD license → BSD license →
surface form: "Simplified BSD license"
|
| imposes | minimal restrictions → |
| isApprovedBy |
Free Software Foundation
→
Open Source Initiative → |
| isCompatibleWith |
GNU General Public License
→
surface form: "GNU General Public License version 3"
|
| isGenerallyCompatibleWith | many open source licenses → |
| isUsedBy |
FreeBSD
→
surface form: "FreeBSD operating system"
NetBSD →
surface form: "NetBSD operating system"
OpenBSD →
surface form: "OpenBSD operating system"
many open source projects → |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| licenseModel | permissive → |
| mayIncludeClause |
advertising clause
→
non-endorsement clause → |
| originatedAt | University of California, Berkeley → |
| requires |
attribution of original authors
→
preservation of copyright notice → preservation of license text → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "2-clause BSD license"
this entity surface form: "4-clause BSD license"
this entity surface form: "BSD-2-Clause"
this entity surface form: "BSD-3-Clause"
this entity surface form: "BSD-4-Clause"
this entity surface form: "Modified BSD license"
this entity surface form: "New BSD license"
this entity surface form: "Simplified BSD license"
this entity surface form: "FreeBSD license"
this entity surface form: "NetBSD license"
this entity surface form: "BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License"
this entity surface form: "BSD-3-Clause-Attribution"
this entity surface form: "BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD"
this entity surface form: "BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD"
this entity surface form: "BSD-4-Clause-UC"
this entity surface form: "BSD License"
this entity surface form: "BSD 3-Clause License"
subject surface form: "LXQt"
this entity surface form: "PostgreSQL License"
subject surface form: "Yarn"
this entity surface form: "BSD-2-Clause License"
this entity surface form: "BSD 3-Clause License"
this entity surface form: "BSD licenses"
this entity surface form: "BSD 3-Clause License"
this entity surface form: "BSD licenses"