SPDX License List

The SPDX License List is an integral part of the SPDX Specification. The SPDX License List itself is a list of commonly found licenses and exceptions used in free and open or collaborative software, data, hardware, or documentation. The SPDX License List includes a standardized short identifier, the full name, the license text, and a canonical permanent URL for each license and exception.

The purpose of the SPDX License List is to enable efficient and reliable identification of such licenses and exceptions in an SPDX document, in source files or elsewhere.

Version: 3.23 2024-02-08

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Full nameIdentifierFSF Free/Libre?OSI Approved?
BSD Zero Clause License 0BSD Y
Attribution Assurance License AAL Y
Abstyles License Abstyles
AdaCore Doc License AdaCore-doc
Adobe Systems Incorporated Source Code License Agreement Adobe-2006
Adobe Display PostScript License Adobe-Display-PostScript
Adobe Glyph List License Adobe-Glyph
Adobe Utopia Font License Adobe-Utopia
Amazon Digital Services License ADSL
Academic Free License v1.1 AFL-1.1 Y Y
Academic Free License v1.2 AFL-1.2 Y Y
Academic Free License v2.0 AFL-2.0 Y Y
Academic Free License v2.1 AFL-2.1 Y Y
Academic Free License v3.0 AFL-3.0 Y Y
Afmparse License Afmparse
Affero General Public License v1.0 only AGPL-1.0-only
Affero General Public License v1.0 or later AGPL-1.0-or-later
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only AGPL-3.0-only Y Y
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later AGPL-3.0-or-later Y Y
Aladdin Free Public License Aladdin
AMD's plpa_map.c License AMDPLPA
Apple MIT License AML
AML glslang variant License AML-glslang
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences BSD AMPAS
ANTLR Software Rights Notice ANTLR-PD
ANTLR Software Rights Notice with license fallback ANTLR-PD-fallback
Apache License 1.0 Apache-1.0 Y
Apache License 1.1 Apache-1.1 Y Y
Apache License 2.0 Apache-2.0 Y Y
Adobe Postscript AFM License APAFML
Adaptive Public License 1.0 APL-1.0 Y
App::s2p License App-s2p
Apple Public Source License 1.0 APSL-1.0 Y
Apple Public Source License 1.1 APSL-1.1 Y
Apple Public Source License 1.2 APSL-1.2 Y
Apple Public Source License 2.0 APSL-2.0 Y Y
Arphic Public License Arphic-1999
Artistic License 1.0 Artistic-1.0 Y
Artistic License 1.0 w/clause 8 Artistic-1.0-cl8 Y
Artistic License 1.0 (Perl) Artistic-1.0-Perl Y
Artistic License 2.0 Artistic-2.0 Y Y
ASWF Digital Assets License version 1.0 ASWF-Digital-Assets-1.0
ASWF Digital Assets License 1.1 ASWF-Digital-Assets-1.1
Baekmuk License Baekmuk
Bahyph License Bahyph
Barr License Barr
bcrypt Solar Designer License bcrypt-Solar-Designer
Beerware License Beerware
Bitstream Charter Font License Bitstream-Charter
Bitstream Vera Font License Bitstream-Vera
BitTorrent Open Source License v1.0 BitTorrent-1.0
BitTorrent Open Source License v1.1 BitTorrent-1.1 Y
SQLite Blessing blessing
Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0 BlueOak-1.0.0 Y
Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC License Boehm-GC
Borceux license Borceux
Brian Gladman 2-Clause License Brian-Gladman-2-Clause
Brian Gladman 3-Clause License Brian-Gladman-3-Clause
BSD 1-Clause License BSD-1-Clause Y
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License BSD-2-Clause Y Y
BSD 2-Clause - Ian Darwin variant BSD-2-Clause-Darwin
BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License BSD-2-Clause-Patent Y
BSD 2-Clause with views sentence BSD-2-Clause-Views
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License BSD-3-Clause Y Y
BSD 3-Clause acpica variant BSD-3-Clause-acpica
BSD with attribution BSD-3-Clause-Attribution
BSD 3-Clause Clear License BSD-3-Clause-Clear Y
BSD 3-Clause Flex variant BSD-3-Clause-flex
Hewlett-Packard BSD variant license BSD-3-Clause-HP
Lawrence Berkeley National Labs BSD variant license BSD-3-Clause-LBNL Y
BSD 3-Clause Modification BSD-3-Clause-Modification
BSD 3-Clause No Military License BSD-3-Clause-No-Military-License
BSD 3-Clause No Nuclear License BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License
BSD 3-Clause No Nuclear License 2014 BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License-2014
BSD 3-Clause No Nuclear Warranty BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-Warranty
BSD 3-Clause Open MPI variant BSD-3-Clause-Open-MPI
BSD 3-Clause Sun Microsystems BSD-3-Clause-Sun
BSD 4-Clause "Original" or "Old" License BSD-4-Clause Y
BSD 4 Clause Shortened BSD-4-Clause-Shortened
BSD-4-Clause (University of California-Specific) BSD-4-Clause-UC
BSD 4.3 RENO License BSD-4.3RENO
BSD 4.3 TAHOE License BSD-4.3TAHOE
BSD Advertising Acknowledgement License BSD-Advertising-Acknowledgement
BSD with Attribution and HPND disclaimer BSD-Attribution-HPND-disclaimer
BSD-Inferno-Nettverk BSD-Inferno-Nettverk
BSD Protection License BSD-Protection
BSD Source Code Attribution - beginning of file variant BSD-Source-beginning-file
BSD Source Code Attribution BSD-Source-Code
Systemics BSD variant license BSD-Systemics
Systemics W3Works BSD variant license BSD-Systemics-W3Works
Boost Software License 1.0 BSL-1.0 Y Y
Business Source License 1.1 BUSL-1.1
bzip2 and libbzip2 License v1.0.6 bzip2-1.0.6
Computational Use of Data Agreement v1.0 C-UDA-1.0
Cryptographic Autonomy License 1.0 CAL-1.0 Y
Cryptographic Autonomy License 1.0 (Combined Work Exception) CAL-1.0-Combined-Work-Exception Y
Caldera License Caldera
Caldera License (without preamble) Caldera-no-preamble
Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.1 CATOSL-1.1 Y
Creative Commons Attribution 1.0 Generic CC-BY-1.0
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic CC-BY-2.0
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic CC-BY-2.5
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia CC-BY-2.5-AU
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC-BY-3.0
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Austria CC-BY-3.0-AT
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia CC-BY-3.0-AU
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany CC-BY-3.0-DE
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO CC-BY-3.0-IGO
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Netherlands CC-BY-3.0-NL
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States CC-BY-3.0-US
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC-BY-4.0 Y
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 1.0 Generic CC-BY-NC-1.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 2.0 Generic CC-BY-NC-2.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 2.5 Generic CC-BY-NC-2.5
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported CC-BY-NC-3.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Germany CC-BY-NC-3.0-DE
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International CC-BY-NC-4.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 1.0 Generic CC-BY-NC-ND-1.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 2.0 Generic CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 2.5 Generic CC-BY-NC-ND-2.5
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Germany CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0-DE
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 IGO CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0-IGO
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 1.0 Generic CC-BY-NC-SA-1.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.0 Generic CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.0 Germany CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0-DE
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 France CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0-FR
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.0 England and Wales CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0-UK
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.5 Generic CC-BY-NC-SA-2.5
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Germany CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0-DE
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 IGO CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0-IGO
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0 Generic CC-BY-ND-1.0
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 2.0 Generic CC-BY-ND-2.0
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 2.5 Generic CC-BY-ND-2.5
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0 Unported CC-BY-ND-3.0
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0 Germany CC-BY-ND-3.0-DE
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 4.0 International CC-BY-ND-4.0
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 1.0 Generic CC-BY-SA-1.0
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 Generic CC-BY-SA-2.0
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 England and Wales CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.1 Japan CC-BY-SA-2.1-JP
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 Generic CC-BY-SA-2.5
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported CC-BY-SA-3.0
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Austria CC-BY-SA-3.0-AT
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Germany CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO CC-BY-SA-3.0-IGO
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International CC-BY-SA-4.0 Y
Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication and Certification CC-PDDC
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal CC0-1.0 Y
Common Development and Distribution License 1.0 CDDL-1.0 Y Y
Common Development and Distribution License 1.1 CDDL-1.1
Common Documentation License 1.0 CDL-1.0
Community Data License Agreement Permissive 1.0 CDLA-Permissive-1.0
Community Data License Agreement Permissive 2.0 CDLA-Permissive-2.0
Community Data License Agreement Sharing 1.0 CDLA-Sharing-1.0
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v1.0 CECILL-1.0
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v1.1 CECILL-1.1
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v2.0 CECILL-2.0 Y
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v2.1 CECILL-2.1 Y
CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement CECILL-B Y
CeCILL-C Free Software License Agreement CECILL-C Y
CERN Open Hardware Licence v1.1 CERN-OHL-1.1
CERN Open Hardware Licence v1.2 CERN-OHL-1.2
CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive CERN-OHL-P-2.0 Y
CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Strongly Reciprocal CERN-OHL-S-2.0 Y
CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Weakly Reciprocal CERN-OHL-W-2.0 Y
CFITSIO License CFITSIO
check-cvs License check-cvs
Checkmk License checkmk
Clarified Artistic License ClArtistic Y
Clips License Clips
CMU Mach License CMU-Mach
CMU Mach - no notices-in-documentation variant CMU-Mach-nodoc
CNRI Jython License CNRI-Jython
CNRI Python License CNRI-Python Y
CNRI Python Open Source GPL Compatible License Agreement CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible
Copyfree Open Innovation License COIL-1.0
Community Specification License 1.0 Community-Spec-1.0
Condor Public License v1.1 Condor-1.1 Y
copyleft-next 0.3.0 copyleft-next-0.3.0
copyleft-next 0.3.1 copyleft-next-0.3.1
Cornell Lossless JPEG License Cornell-Lossless-JPEG
Common Public Attribution License 1.0 CPAL-1.0 Y Y
Common Public License 1.0 CPL-1.0 Y Y
Code Project Open License 1.02 CPOL-1.02
Cronyx License Cronyx
Crossword License Crossword
CrystalStacker License CrystalStacker
CUA Office Public License v1.0 CUA-OPL-1.0 Y
Cube License Cube
curl License curl
Deutsche Freie Software Lizenz D-FSL-1.0
DEC 3-Clause License DEC-3-Clause
diffmark license diffmark
Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0 DL-DE-BY-2.0
Data licence Germany – zero – version 2.0 DL-DE-ZERO-2.0
DOC License DOC
Dotseqn License Dotseqn
Detection Rule License 1.0 DRL-1.0
Detection Rule License 1.1 DRL-1.1
DSDP License DSDP
David M. Gay dtoa License dtoa
dvipdfm License dvipdfm
Educational Community License v1.0 ECL-1.0 Y
Educational Community License v2.0 ECL-2.0 Y Y
Eiffel Forum License v1.0 EFL-1.0 Y
Eiffel Forum License v2.0 EFL-2.0 Y Y
eGenix.com Public License 1.1.0 eGenix
Elastic License 2.0 Elastic-2.0
Entessa Public License v1.0 Entessa Y
EPICS Open License EPICS
Eclipse Public License 1.0 EPL-1.0 Y Y
Eclipse Public License 2.0 EPL-2.0 Y Y
Erlang Public License v1.1 ErlPL-1.1
Etalab Open License 2.0 etalab-2.0
EU DataGrid Software License EUDatagrid Y Y
European Union Public License 1.0 EUPL-1.0
European Union Public License 1.1 EUPL-1.1 Y Y
European Union Public License 1.2 EUPL-1.2 Y Y
Eurosym License Eurosym
Fair License Fair Y
Fuzzy Bitmap License FBM
Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library FDK-AAC
Ferguson Twofish License Ferguson-Twofish
Frameworx Open License 1.0 Frameworx-1.0 Y
FreeBSD Documentation License FreeBSD-DOC
FreeImage Public License v1.0 FreeImage
FSF All Permissive License FSFAP Y
FSF All Permissive License (without Warranty) FSFAP-no-warranty-disclaimer
FSF Unlimited License FSFUL
FSF Unlimited License (with License Retention) FSFULLR
FSF Unlimited License (With License Retention and Warranty Disclaimer) FSFULLRWD
Freetype Project License FTL Y
Furuseth License Furuseth
fwlw License fwlw
Gnome GCR Documentation License GCR-docs
GD License GD
GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 only - invariants GFDL-1.1-invariants-only
GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 or later - invariants GFDL-1.1-invariants-or-later
GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 only - no invariants GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-only
GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 or later - no invariants GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 only GFDL-1.1-only Y
GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 or later GFDL-1.1-or-later Y
GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 only - invariants GFDL-1.2-invariants-only
GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 or later - invariants GFDL-1.2-invariants-or-later
GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 only - no invariants GFDL-1.2-no-invariants-only
GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 or later - no invariants GFDL-1.2-no-invariants-or-later
GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 only GFDL-1.2-only Y
GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 or later GFDL-1.2-or-later Y
GNU Free Documentation License v1.3 only - invariants GFDL-1.3-invariants-only
GNU Free Documentation License v1.3 or later - invariants GFDL-1.3-invariants-or-later
GNU Free Documentation License v1.3 only - no invariants GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
GNU Free Documentation License v1.3 or later - no invariants GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later
GNU Free Documentation License v1.3 only GFDL-1.3-only Y
GNU Free Documentation License v1.3 or later GFDL-1.3-or-later Y
Giftware License Giftware
GL2PS License GL2PS
3dfx Glide License Glide
Glulxe License Glulxe
Good Luck With That Public License GLWTPL
gnuplot License gnuplot Y
GNU General Public License v1.0 only GPL-1.0-only
GNU General Public License v1.0 or later GPL-1.0-or-later
GNU General Public License v2.0 only GPL-2.0-only Y Y
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later GPL-2.0-or-later Y Y
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GPL-3.0-only Y Y
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GPL-3.0-or-later Y Y
Graphics Gems License Graphics-Gems
gSOAP Public License v1.3b gSOAP-1.3b
gtkbook License gtkbook
Haskell Language Report License HaskellReport
hdparm License hdparm
Hippocratic License 2.1 Hippocratic-2.1
Hewlett-Packard 1986 License HP-1986
Hewlett-Packard 1989 License HP-1989
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer HPND Y Y
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - DEC variant HPND-DEC
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - documentation variant HPND-doc
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - documentation sell variant HPND-doc-sell
HPND with US Government export control warning HPND-export-US
HPND with US Government export control warning and modification rqmt HPND-export-US-modify
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - Fenneberg-Livingston variant HPND-Fenneberg-Livingston
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - INRIA-IMAG variant HPND-INRIA-IMAG
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - Kevlin Henney variant HPND-Kevlin-Henney
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - Markus Kuhn variant HPND-Markus-Kuhn
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer with MIT disclaimer HPND-MIT-disclaimer
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - Pbmplus variant HPND-Pbmplus
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - sell xserver variant with MIT disclaimer HPND-sell-MIT-disclaimer-xserver
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - sell regexpr variant HPND-sell-regexpr
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - sell variant HPND-sell-variant
HPND sell variant with MIT disclaimer HPND-sell-variant-MIT-disclaimer
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - University of California variant HPND-UC
HTML Tidy License HTMLTIDY
IBM PowerPC Initialization and Boot Software IBM-pibs
ICU License ICU Y
IEC Code Components End-user licence agreement IEC-Code-Components-EULA
Independent JPEG Group License IJG Y
Independent JPEG Group License - short IJG-short
ImageMagick License ImageMagick
iMatix Standard Function Library Agreement iMatix Y
Imlib2 License Imlib2 Y
Info-ZIP License Info-ZIP
Inner Net License v2.0 Inner-Net-2.0
Intel Open Source License Intel Y Y
Intel ACPI Software License Agreement Intel-ACPI
Interbase Public License v1.0 Interbase-1.0
IPA Font License IPA Y Y
IBM Public License v1.0 IPL-1.0 Y Y
ISC License ISC Y Y
ISC Veillard variant ISC-Veillard
Jam License Jam Y
JasPer License JasPer-2.0
JPL Image Use Policy JPL-image
Japan Network Information Center License JPNIC
JSON License JSON
Kastrup License Kastrup
Kazlib License Kazlib
Knuth CTAN License Knuth-CTAN
Licence Art Libre 1.2 LAL-1.2
Licence Art Libre 1.3 LAL-1.3
Latex2e License Latex2e
Latex2e with translated notice permission Latex2e-translated-notice
Leptonica License Leptonica
GNU Library General Public License v2 only LGPL-2.0-only Y
GNU Library General Public License v2 or later LGPL-2.0-or-later Y
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only LGPL-2.1-only Y Y
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later LGPL-2.1-or-later Y Y
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only LGPL-3.0-only Y Y
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later LGPL-3.0-or-later Y Y
Lesser General Public License For Linguistic Resources LGPLLR
libpng License Libpng
PNG Reference Library version 2 libpng-2.0
libselinux public domain notice libselinux-1.0
libtiff License libtiff
libutil David Nugent License libutil-David-Nugent
Licence Libre du Québec – Permissive version 1.1 LiLiQ-P-1.1 Y
Licence Libre du Québec – Réciprocité version 1.1 LiLiQ-R-1.1 Y
Licence Libre du Québec – Réciprocité forte version 1.1 LiLiQ-Rplus-1.1 Y
Linux man-pages - 1 paragraph Linux-man-pages-1-para
Linux man-pages Copyleft Linux-man-pages-copyleft
Linux man-pages Copyleft - 2 paragraphs Linux-man-pages-copyleft-2-para
Linux man-pages Copyleft Variant Linux-man-pages-copyleft-var
Linux Kernel Variant of OpenIB.org license Linux-OpenIB
Common Lisp LOOP License LOOP
LPD Documentation License LPD-document
Lucent Public License Version 1.0 LPL-1.0 Y
Lucent Public License v1.02 LPL-1.02 Y Y
LaTeX Project Public License v1.0 LPPL-1.0
LaTeX Project Public License v1.1 LPPL-1.1
LaTeX Project Public License v1.2 LPPL-1.2 Y
LaTeX Project Public License v1.3a LPPL-1.3a Y
LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c LPPL-1.3c Y
lsof License lsof
Lucida Bitmap Fonts License Lucida-Bitmap-Fonts
LZMA SDK License (versions 9.11 to 9.20) LZMA-SDK-9.11-to-9.20
LZMA SDK License (versions 9.22 and beyond) LZMA-SDK-9.22
Mackerras 3-Clause License Mackerras-3-Clause
Mackerras 3-Clause - acknowledgment variant Mackerras-3-Clause-acknowledgment
magaz License magaz
mailprio License mailprio
MakeIndex License MakeIndex
Martin Birgmeier License Martin-Birgmeier
McPhee Slideshow License McPhee-slideshow
metamail License metamail
Minpack License Minpack
The MirOS Licence MirOS Y
MIT License MIT Y Y
MIT No Attribution MIT-0 Y
Enlightenment License (e16) MIT-advertising
CMU License MIT-CMU
enna License MIT-enna
feh License MIT-feh
MIT Festival Variant MIT-Festival
MIT License Modern Variant MIT-Modern-Variant Y
MIT Open Group variant MIT-open-group
MIT testregex Variant MIT-testregex
MIT Tom Wu Variant MIT-Wu
MIT +no-false-attribs license MITNFA
MMIXware License MMIXware
Motosoto License Motosoto Y
MPEG Software Simulation MPEG-SSG
mpi Permissive License mpi-permissive
mpich2 License mpich2
Mozilla Public License 1.0 MPL-1.0 Y
Mozilla Public License 1.1 MPL-1.1 Y Y
Mozilla Public License 2.0 MPL-2.0 Y Y
Mozilla Public License 2.0 (no copyleft exception) MPL-2.0-no-copyleft-exception Y
mplus Font License mplus
Microsoft Limited Public License MS-LPL
Microsoft Public License MS-PL Y Y
Microsoft Reciprocal License MS-RL Y Y
Matrix Template Library License MTLL
Mulan Permissive Software License, Version 1 MulanPSL-1.0
Mulan Permissive Software License, Version 2 MulanPSL-2.0 Y
Multics License Multics Y
Mup License Mup
Nara Institute of Science and Technology License (2003) NAIST-2003
NASA Open Source Agreement 1.3 NASA-1.3 Y
Naumen Public License Naumen Y
Net Boolean Public License v1 NBPL-1.0
Non-Commercial Government Licence NCGL-UK-2.0
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License NCSA Y Y
Net-SNMP License Net-SNMP
NetCDF license NetCDF
Newsletr License Newsletr
Nethack General Public License NGPL Y
NICTA Public Software License, Version 1.0 NICTA-1.0
NIST Public Domain Notice NIST-PD
NIST Public Domain Notice with license fallback NIST-PD-fallback
NIST Software License NIST-Software
Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD) 1.0 NLOD-1.0
Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD) 2.0 NLOD-2.0
No Limit Public License NLPL
Nokia Open Source License Nokia Y Y
Netizen Open Source License NOSL Y
Noweb License Noweb
Netscape Public License v1.0 NPL-1.0 Y
Netscape Public License v1.1 NPL-1.1 Y
Non-Profit Open Software License 3.0 NPOSL-3.0 Y
NRL License NRL
NTP License NTP Y
NTP No Attribution NTP-0
Open Use of Data Agreement v1.0 O-UDA-1.0
Open CASCADE Technology Public License OCCT-PL
OCLC Research Public License 2.0 OCLC-2.0 Y
Open Data Commons Open Database License v1.0 ODbL-1.0 Y
Open Data Commons Attribution License v1.0 ODC-By-1.0
OFFIS License OFFIS
SIL Open Font License 1.0 OFL-1.0 Y
SIL Open Font License 1.0 with no Reserved Font Name OFL-1.0-no-RFN
SIL Open Font License 1.0 with Reserved Font Name OFL-1.0-RFN
SIL Open Font License 1.1 OFL-1.1 Y Y
SIL Open Font License 1.1 with no Reserved Font Name OFL-1.1-no-RFN Y
SIL Open Font License 1.1 with Reserved Font Name OFL-1.1-RFN Y
OGC Software License, Version 1.0 OGC-1.0
Taiwan Open Government Data License, version 1.0 OGDL-Taiwan-1.0
Open Government Licence - Canada OGL-Canada-2.0
Open Government Licence v1.0 OGL-UK-1.0
Open Government Licence v2.0 OGL-UK-2.0
Open Government Licence v3.0 OGL-UK-3.0
Open Group Test Suite License OGTSL Y
Open LDAP Public License v1.1 OLDAP-1.1
Open LDAP Public License v1.2 OLDAP-1.2
Open LDAP Public License v1.3 OLDAP-1.3
Open LDAP Public License v1.4 OLDAP-1.4
Open LDAP Public License v2.0 (or possibly 2.0A and 2.0B) OLDAP-2.0
Open LDAP Public License v2.0.1 OLDAP-2.0.1
Open LDAP Public License v2.1 OLDAP-2.1
Open LDAP Public License v2.2 OLDAP-2.2
Open LDAP Public License v2.2.1 OLDAP-2.2.1
Open LDAP Public License 2.2.2 OLDAP-2.2.2
Open LDAP Public License v2.3 OLDAP-2.3 Y
Open LDAP Public License v2.4 OLDAP-2.4
Open LDAP Public License v2.5 OLDAP-2.5
Open LDAP Public License v2.6 OLDAP-2.6
Open LDAP Public License v2.7 OLDAP-2.7 Y
Open LDAP Public License v2.8 OLDAP-2.8 Y
Open Logistics Foundation License Version 1.3 OLFL-1.3 Y
Open Market License OML
OpenPBS v2.3 Software License OpenPBS-2.3
OpenSSL License OpenSSL Y
OpenSSL License - standalone OpenSSL-standalone
OpenVision License OpenVision
Open Public License v1.0 OPL-1.0
United Kingdom Open Parliament Licence v3.0 OPL-UK-3.0
Open Publication License v1.0 OPUBL-1.0
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Deprecated License Identifiers

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Affero General Public License v1.0 AGPL-1.0 3.1
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 AGPL-3.0 3.0
BSD 2-Clause FreeBSD License BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD 3.10
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GNU General Public License v1.0 only GPL-1.0 3.0
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Nunit License Nunit 3.0
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wxWindows Library License wxWindows 2.0rc2