What is Permissive software license?
A '''permissive free software licence''' is a [[free software|free software licence]] for a [[copyright]]ed work that offers freedoms such as publishing a work to the [[public domain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html |title=GNU project's license list }}</ref> In contrast, [[copyleft]] licences like the [[GNU General Public License]] require copies and derivatives of the [[source code]] to be made available on terms not more restrictive than those of the original licence. A license tells what someone can do with something that was bought. It also tells what cannot be done with it without getting into [[legal]] trouble. Examples of permissive licences include the [[MIT License]] and the [[BSD licence]]. ==Related pages== * [[Copyleft]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Software licences]]