Appendix | Choose a License

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If you鈥檙e here to choose a license, <a href="/">start from the home page</a> to see a few licenses that will work for most cases. <table border="" style="font-size: xx-small; position: relative"> <tr style="position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 1000001; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--backgroundColor) 70%, transparent);"> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center">License</th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#commercial-use">Commercial use</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#distribution">Distribution</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#modifications">Modification</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#patent-use">Patent use</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#private-use">Private use</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#disclose-source">Disclose source</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#include-copyright">License and copyright notice</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#network-use-disclose">Network use is distribution</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#same-license">Same license</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#document-changes">State changes</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#liability">Liability</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#trademark-use">Trademark use</a></th> <th scope="col" style="text-align: center; width:7%"><a href="#warranty">Warranty</a></th> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/0bsd">BSD Zero Clause License</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/afl-3.0">Academic Free License v3.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/agpl-3.0">GNU Affero General Public License v3.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/apache-2.0">Apache License 2.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/artistic-2.0">Artistic License 2.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/blueoak-1.0.0">Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause-patent">BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause">BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/bsd-3-clause-clear">BSD 3-Clause Clear License</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/bsd-3-clause">BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/bsd-4-clause">BSD 4-Clause "Original" or "Old" License</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/bsl-1.0">Boost Software License 1.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/cc-by-4.0">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0">Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/cc0-1.0">Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/cecill-2.1">CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v2.1</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/cern-ohl-p-2.0">CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/cern-ohl-s-2.0">CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Strongly Reciprocal</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/cern-ohl-w-2.0">CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Weakly Reciprocal</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/ecl-2.0">Educational Community License v2.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/epl-1.0">Eclipse Public License 1.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/epl-2.0">Eclipse Public License 2.0</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/eupl-1.1">European Union Public License 1.1</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/eupl-1.2">European Union Public License 1.2</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-limitations" style="text-align:center"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 3em"><th scope="row"><a href="/licenses/gfdl-1.3">GNU Free Documentation License v1.3</a></th> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-permissions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td></td> <td class="license-conditions" style="text-align:center"> </td> <td 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