What are (3) Open Source licensing models, other than the GPLv2, that Linux has been released...

What are (3) Open Source licensing models, other than the GPLv2, that Linux has been released under, and how do they differ?

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The three Open Source licensing model other than the GPLv2,that Linux has been released under are provided below:

BSD license

The BSD licence imposes minimum restriction on the redistribution of code,manipulating code etc as long as it keeps the same licence

the two versions of BSD license are:

a) New BSD License

b)Simplified BSD License / FreeBSD License

MIT License

With the MIT license the individual can reuse the code ,in the condition that the distributors of the code will be having the original code and the copy of original MIT license.

The given below licenses comes under MIT license:

Creative Commons

Creative Commons (CC) [under which MIT Open Courseware Material is released] licenses aren’t quite an open- source. They are typical for design projects. A wide variety of them is available, each granting certain rights.

GNU General Public License

There is no limit to where you can copy that code. You can copy it on your client’s server, your own server, on your local workstations, wherever, and however many times.

You can distribute a charge a fee, and change the Codebase. The only condition is that your project must be released under GNU GPL.

venereology answered 7 months ago

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