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Are there any standard source-available licenses? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by citytree@lemmy.ml to c/programming@lemmy.ml
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For open source software, I can easily use a widely-used open source license (e.g. MIT, Apache, GPLv3, MPLv2, etc.). However, source-available licenses are less easy to find.

Are there any source-available licenses that I can readily copy to apply to my software? I am hesitant to copy the source-available licenses listed on Wikipedia because license texts are copyrighted by default and should not be copied without permission from the author of the license text.

Specifically, I am looking for a source-available license that has conditions similar to the GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) license that I can use for my software.

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[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe you should be more specific about what you expect such a license to accomplish?

[–] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I belive it's called open washing, ie. pretenting to be open when you are actually not for the sake of brand awareness.

[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

@citytree Why don't you use the Gitlab license you give as an example? You can make changes to it as you like, add conditions, remove phrases. And I'm not sure if the non free license text itself falls under copyright. I never thought about this before.

Have a look at this Creative Commons license Attribution-NoDerivatives, not sure if it fits your needs: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ and here the longer version: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode