Free Software
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Licenses approved by the Free Software Foundation.
Alternate name: Libre Software
Free Software is slightly different from from Open Source Software in the Free Software Foundation defines rights of the users of the software and approves licenses that (in theory) do not hinder users' rights. Whereas the the Open Source Initiative defines rights of the developers of the software and approves licenses that support the developers' rights. Many software licenses are approved by both organisations.
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| ISC License | A simplified BSD & MIT amalgamation. Effectively grants credit to & simultaneously absolves the author of all issues of morality created by their work | 2009 / 2015 | 2 games |
| License: Apache | A license that protects software freedom. Requires original copyright & liability disclaimer remain intact but allows any GPLv3 compatible license for derivatives. | 2010 / 2017 | 6 games |
| License: BSD | Distributed under the BSD license. (too short) | 1991 / 2016 | 69 games |
| License: New BSD | The BSD license with the advertising clause. Source & binary are redistributable & derivitivible, but must retain copyright & license & 'no endorsement' by original author | 2006 / 2017 | 12 games |
| License: GNU GPL 1 or 2 | Distributed under the GNU GPL license (ver. 1 or 2). Free to use for any purpose, study, improve, and redistribute. Not free to restrict said freedoms | 1983 / 2021 | 1334 games |
| License: GNU GPL version 3 | Distributed under the GNU GPL Version 3 license. Which includes clauses allowing fundamentally different uses & restrictions not existent in GPL 1 & 2 | 1994 / 2021 | 205 games |
| License: Lesser GNU Public License | Licensed under the terms of the LGPL. Intended to apply to code libraries that [b]can[/b] be mixed with code under licenses incompatible with GPL | 1987 / 2017 | 42 games |
| License: MIT / X11 / PFSL / ISC / Expat | Distributed under the MIT license, X11 license, ISC license, or any other license that meets the standards of a Permissive Free Software License. | 1983 / 2016 | container group 84 games |
| License: Mozilla Public License | Distributed under the Mozilla Public License. MPL is based on the modified BSD license & the GNU General Public License, having elements of both. | 2006 / 2020 | 20 games |
| License: Microsoft Public License | Available under Microsoft's least restrictive license. It is OSI and FSF approved but not compatible with the GNU GPL. | 1 game | |
| License: PNG/ZLIB | Distributed under the PNG/ZLIB license. (too short) | 2000 / 2017 | 25 games |