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  Open source license
       
           Any document that attempts to specify open source
          usage and distribution of software.  These licenses are
          usually drafted by experts and are likely to be more legally
          sound than one a programmer could write.  However, loopholes
          do exist.
       
          Here is a non-exhaustive list of open source licenses:
       
          1. Public Domain - No license.
       
          2. BSD License - An early open source license
       
          3. General Public License (GPL) - The copyleft license of
          the Free Software Foundation.  Used for GNU software and
          much of Linux.
       
          4. Artistic License
          http://www.my-opensource.org/Artistic.txt)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.my-opensource.org/Artistic.txt) Less restrictive
          than the GPL, permitted by Perl in addition to the GPL.
       
          5. http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/)" rel="nofollow">Mozilla Public Licenses (http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/).
          (MPL, MozPL) and Netscape Public License (NPL).
       
          ["Open Sources", pub. O'Reilly, full text
          http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/perens.html)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/perens.html)].
       
          (1999-11-28)