| NetBeans |
COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE (CDDL) Version 1.0 |
"Bruno Souza, NetBeans community manager, has announced that Sun is considering releasing NetBeans 6.0 under GPLv2 with the Classpath exception, in addition to the current CDDL license." Ed Burnette - August 20, 2007 more info... |
| SugarCRM Community Edition |
GNU General Public License (GPL), Version 3 |
"On July 25th, SugarCRM announced its decision to adopt the GNU General Public License (GPL) v3 for its upcoming release of Sugar Community Edition 5.0 (previously known as Sugar Open Source)." - July 25, 2007 more info... |
| JBoss AS |
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 |
"Most of the JBoss projects, like the JBoss Application Server, Hibernate and JBoss Cache are licensed under the LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License). This license assures users of a free, open source implementation of JBoss. It allows software, hardware and telecommunications vendors to bundle JBoss in their applications and systems without the reciprocal open source requirement. And it provides all JBoss users the assurance that enhancements to the JBoss source code will continue to remain free and openly available." - July 10, 2007 more info... |
| Samba |
GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 |
"After internal consideration in the Samba Team we have decided to adopt the GPLv3 and LGPLv3 licences for all future releases of Samba." The Samba Team. - July 9, 2007 more info... |
| Mandriva |
GPLv2 |
"I don't think we've made a decision regarding our own code yet. We're not really affected by any of the controversies around v3 so I wouldn't be *surprised* if we adopt it in the end, but it's not even been discussed AFAIK. We're going to start clarifying the license statement on 'GPL' packages, since right now most of them just say 'GPL', we'll have to change them to be more explicit." Adam Williamson, Editor, Mandriva Community Newsletter; Mandriva Club Monkey - July 7, 2007 more info... |
| Apache |
Apache License version 2 |
"Perhaps the biggest single development in this draft of the license is the addition of wording that makes GPLv3 compatible with the Apache License Version 2.0. In the end, the changes needed to make these two licenses compatible with each other were fairly trivial, according to the FSF, and required the change of a few words and the addition of some clarifications around patent indemnification." - July 1, 2007 more info... |
| OpenSolaris |
COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE (CDDL) Version 1.0 |
"Sun demurs from adopting GPL v3 for OpenSolaris, keeps CDDL only" Dana Gardner - June 30, 2007 more info... |
| uCommon library & applications |
GNU General Public License (GPL), Version 3 |
"UCommon 0.4.0 was released on June 29th as a new package licensed using the GNU GPLv3. While we are re-using the ucommon name, this release not directly related to any prior releases." - June 30,2007 more info... |
| GlassFish |
Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) v1.0 |
"So the question I'm expecting to be faced with repeatedly over the next few weeks is, "will Sun use the GPLv3?" I think it's likely we will use it, yes, but I'm not clear yet for which code and when. We'll be carefully analysing the balance of benefits and risks in the released version of the GPLv3 and I'm not expecting to be in a position to bring a recommendation to our executive team for several weeks." Simon Phipps, Sun Chief Open Source Officer - June 29, 2007 more info... |
| FreeBSD |
FreeBSD License |
"As you know, the FreeBSD Project has a long history of producing open source under the liberal BSD open source license. This license allows unlimited open and closed-source reuse of our software. We do rely on some GPL components-- most critically the gcc development tool suite--but it is a core goal of our work that FreeBSD be complete operating system with BSD-licensed kernel, system libraries, services, and command line tools. Because GPLv3 has not yet been finalized, it would be premature to draw conclusions about how it will affect our project; obviously, we will follow events closely as they unfold." Jem Matzan - June 29, 2007 more info... |
| NetBSD |
netBSD License |
"We don't think that the switch of GNU programs from GPL v2 to GPLv3 will affect NetBSD or its users much, since we are not in violation of the additional provisions that GPL v3 stipulates. It is a long term goal of NetBSD to become GPL free, but the potential change in license will not affect the scheduling of that goal. Furthermore, the GPL programs in NetBSD are clearly separated from the rest of the source so one can easily distribute a GPL-free NetBSD system (with missing functionality specially in the toolchain parts)." Martin Husemann of the NetBSD Foundation - June 29, 2007 more info... |
| Joomla! |
GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 |
"We have decided to stay with the license that made Joomla! possible. Unanimously supported by the core team and supported by the Open Source Matters board, this confirms that both Joomla! 1.0 and Joomla! 1.5 are released under the (pure) GPL." Joomla Team. - June 15, 2007 more info... |
| Linux Kernel |
GNU General Public License (GPL), Version 2 |
"...[I am] impressed [by the latest GPLv3 draft] in the sense that it was a hell of a lot better than the disasters that were the earlier drafts. I still think GPLv2 is simply the better license." Linus Torvalds, June 13, 2007 more info... |
| Friki - a Java Wiki |
GNU Public License (GPL) version 2 |
"To ensure the maximum growth and usage of the software I started to write in June 2003, I have chosen to license it using the GNU GPL." Peter Gebauer, Project Admin - June 1, 2007 more info... |
| Gaim/Pidgin |
GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 |
"Well, that's something that will have to be discussed in more detail, and of course will have to wait for there to *be* a GPLv3, but my own personal feeling (and, I think, a consensus of the developers) is that we, in general, either don't think much of the changes from GPLv2 to GPLv3 or are simply ambivalent to them, and are not in a hurry to relicense. I will personally push for continuing with "GPLv2 or later, at your option." Ethan Blanton - June 1, 2007 more info... |
| WordPress |
GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 |
"There's been debates and debates on the advantages and disadvantages of the GNU General Public License Version 3 (aka GPLv3). Will WordPress use v3, or ave conservativeness, let's just keep v2? I don't know, it's something we'll have to look at as a community when the GPL v3 finishes its development." - April 04, 2007 more info... |
| Google Search Client |
BSD License |
"We typically choose the Apache license as we like our code to be broadly adopted both within the commercial realm and by our friends in open sourceWe have released software under the GPL before when it made sense to do so, and we will continue this practice when v3 comes out." Chris DiBona, Google manager of Open Source Programs. - March 27, 2007 more info... |
| Audacity |
GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 |
"However, in general you are allowed to use any HTML you find on the Audacity website, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License." Dominic Mazzoni, project developer. - March 1, 2006 more info... |
| Clam AntiVirus |
GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2 |
"It's hard to talk about the future, but be sure that I will do my best to keep ClamAV open and effective." Tomasz Kojm, project developer. - February 20, 2007 more info... |
| 7-Zip |
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1 or later |
"7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The AES code is under a BSD LICENSE. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions." Igor Pavlov, project developer/code author. - 2007 more info... |
| Plone |
GPLv2.0 |
"The current Plone approach states that companies can negotiate a non-GPL license. Thus, the Foundation might pursue a dual-licensing (GPL and non-GPL) scheme - but, at this time, the Board has not yet created any policies on this. This is an important question for the community, of course, and the Foundation intends to have this conversation in a transparent way." Joel Burton, Member of Plone Foundation - April 17, 2006 more info... |
| DebianGNU/Linux |
Open Publication License v1.0 |
"I'm glad to say that my fears are assuaged," Robinson says. "I was impressed with both the large and small changes. In a nutshell, I like it." Branden Robinson, Debian Lead Developer. - January 25, 2006 more info... |
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