Open Source
Software theme
146
games
21platforms
Licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative.
Notable people involved: Bob Albrecht, David H. Ahl, Tom Kloos, Doug Dyment and Charles Lund
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Games by year
Creative Computing published most of these games.
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13 Child groups
| 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 GNU Affero General Public License | Distributed under the GNU Affero license. Free to use for any purpose, study, improve, & redistribute. Not free to restrict. Network use requires full compliance | 2007 / 2016 | 11 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. | 1991 / 2016 | 69 games | |
| License: Common Development and Distribution License | Based on the MPL & SPL. Not GPL compatible [b]by design[/b]. Open Source & Free Software. | 1 game | ||
| License: Eclipse Public License | Distributed under the EPL license. | 1 game | ||
| 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 / 2024 | 1334 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: 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: 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: 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: Open Software License 3.0 | An OSI approved license designed for developers. | 1 game | ||
| Serious engine | 2001 / 2010 | 10 games |