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Additional information and perspectives on free and open source software licenses may be found on the following pages: | Additional information and perspectives on free and open source software licenses may be found on the following pages: | ||
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*[https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html | *[https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects] | ||
*[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html GNU Project - Various Licenses and Comments about Them] | *[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html GNU Project - Various Licenses and Comments about Them] | ||
*[https://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ Debian - License information] | *[https://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ Debian - License information] |
Revision as of 22:18, 27 February 2016
The most commonly used licenses covering software packages on an Arch Linux system are found in the /usr/share/licenses/common
directory. Additional less common licenses for software packages are found in the /usr/share/licenses
directory, in a subdirectory named for the software package in question. This page provides information about the most common licenses found in Arch Linux.
Additional information and perspectives on free and open source software licenses may be found on the following pages:
- w:Free software licence
- w:Comparison of free and open-source software licenses
- A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects
- GNU Project - Various Licenses and Comments about Them
- Debian - License information
- Open Source Initiative - Licenses by Name
See also Arch packaging standards#Licenses and PKGBUILD#license.