SPDX License List

The SPDX License List is a list of commonly found licenses and exceptions used for open source and other collaborative software. The purpose of the SPDX License List is to enable easy and efficient identification of such licenses and exceptions in an SPDX document (or elsewhere). The SPDX License List includes a standardized short identifier, full name for each license, vetted license text, other basic information, and a canonical permanent URL for each license and exception. By providing a short identifier, users can efficiently refer to a license without having to redundantly reproduce the full license. License exceptions can be used with the License Expression Syntax operator, "WITH" to create a license with an exception.

• License Exceptions: The list of commonly found exceptions to open source licenses, which can be used with the License Expression Syntax operator, "WITH" to create a license with an exception.
• Master Files: The HTML pages you see here are generated from the master files for the SPDX License List. The master files include a spreadsheet listing all the licenses, deprecated licenses, and license exceptions; and the text for each license in a .txt file.
• Overview: For general information about the SPDX License List, including principles for inclusion of a license and an explanation of the fields contained on the list.
• Matching Guidelines: Guidelines for what constitutes a license match to the SPDX License List. For licenses that include markup, the license text on the HTML pages here will display omitable text in blue and replaceable text in red (see Guideline #2 for more information).
• Request New License: For instructions on how to propose additional licenses or license exceptions be added to the SPDX License List.

Version: 2.6 6 Jan 2017

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Full name	Identifier	OSI Approved?	Text
3dfx Glide License	Glide		License Text
Abstyles License	Abstyles		License Text
Academic Free License v1.1	AFL-1.1	Y	License Text
Academic Free License v1.2	AFL-1.2	Y	License Text
Academic Free License v2.0	AFL-2.0	Y	License Text
Academic Free License v2.1	AFL-2.1	Y	License Text
Academic Free License v3.0	AFL-3.0	Y	License Text
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences BSD	AMPAS		License Text
Adaptive Public License 1.0	APL-1.0	Y	License Text
Adobe Glyph List License	Adobe-Glyph		License Text
Adobe Postscript AFM License	APAFML		License Text
Adobe Systems Incorporated Source Code License Agreement	Adobe-2006		License Text
Affero General Public License v1.0	AGPL-1.0		License Text
Afmparse License	Afmparse		License Text
Aladdin Free Public License	Aladdin		License Text
Amazon Digital Services License	ADSL		License Text
AMD's plpa_map.c License	AMDPLPA		License Text
ANTLR Software Rights Notice	ANTLR-PD		License Text
Apache License 1.0	Apache-1.0		License Text
Apache License 1.1	Apache-1.1	Y	License Text
Apache License 2.0	Apache-2.0	Y	License Text
Apple MIT License	AML		License Text
Apple Public Source License 1.0	APSL-1.0	Y	License Text
Apple Public Source License 1.1	APSL-1.1	Y	License Text
Apple Public Source License 1.2	APSL-1.2	Y	License Text
Apple Public Source License 2.0	APSL-2.0	Y	License Text
Artistic License 1.0	Artistic-1.0	Y	License Text
Artistic License 1.0 (Perl)	Artistic-1.0-Perl	Y	License Text
Artistic License 1.0 w/clause 8	Artistic-1.0-cl8	Y	License Text
Artistic License 2.0	Artistic-2.0	Y	License Text
Attribution Assurance License	AAL	Y	License Text
Bahyph License	Bahyph		License Text
Barr License	Barr		License Text
Beerware License	Beerware		License Text
BitTorrent Open Source License v1.0	BitTorrent-1.0		License Text
BitTorrent Open Source License v1.1	BitTorrent-1.1		License Text
Boost Software License 1.0	BSL-1.0	Y	License Text
Borceux license	Borceux		License Text
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	BSD-2-Clause	Y	License Text
BSD 2-clause FreeBSD License	BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD		License Text
BSD 2-clause NetBSD License	BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD		License Text
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	BSD-3-Clause	Y	License Text
BSD 3-clause Clear License	BSD-3-Clause-Clear		License Text
BSD 3-Clause No Nuclear License	BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License		License Text
BSD 3-Clause No Nuclear License 2014	BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License-2014		License Text
BSD 3-Clause No Nuclear Warranty	BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-Warranty		License Text
BSD 4-clause "Original" or "Old" License	BSD-4-Clause		License Text
BSD Protection License	BSD-Protection		License Text
BSD Source Code Attribution	BSD-Source-Code		License Text
BSD with attribution	BSD-3-Clause-Attribution		License Text
BSD Zero Clause License	0BSD	Y	License Text
BSD-4-Clause (University of California-Specific)	BSD-4-Clause-UC		License Text
bzip2 and libbzip2 License v1.0.5	bzip2-1.0.5		License Text
bzip2 and libbzip2 License v1.0.6	bzip2-1.0.6		License Text
Caldera License	Caldera		License Text
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v1.0	CECILL-1.0		License Text
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v1.1	CECILL-1.1		License Text
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v2.0	CECILL-2.0		License Text
CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v2.1	CECILL-2.1	Y	License Text
CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement	CECILL-B		License Text
CeCILL-C Free Software License Agreement	CECILL-C		License Text
Clarified Artistic License	ClArtistic		License Text
CMU License	MIT-CMU		License Text
CNRI Jython License	CNRI-Jython		License Text
CNRI Python License	CNRI-Python	Y	License Text
CNRI Python Open Source GPL Compatible License Agreement	CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible		License Text
Code Project Open License 1.02	CPOL-1.02		License Text
Common Development and Distribution License 1.0	CDDL-1.0	Y	License Text
Common Development and Distribution License 1.1	CDDL-1.1		License Text
Common Public Attribution License 1.0	CPAL-1.0	Y	License Text
Common Public License 1.0	CPL-1.0	Y	License Text
Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.1	CATOSL-1.1	Y	License Text
Condor Public License v1.1	Condor-1.1		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution 1.0	CC-BY-1.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0	CC-BY-2.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5	CC-BY-2.5		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0	CC-BY-3.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0	CC-BY-4.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 1.0	CC-BY-ND-1.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 2.0	CC-BY-ND-2.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 2.5	CC-BY-ND-2.5		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0	CC-BY-ND-3.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 4.0	CC-BY-ND-4.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 1.0	CC-BY-NC-1.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 2.0	CC-BY-NC-2.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 2.5	CC-BY-NC-2.5		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0	CC-BY-NC-3.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0	CC-BY-NC-4.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 1.0	CC-BY-NC-ND-1.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 2.0	CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 2.5	CC-BY-NC-ND-2.5		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0	CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0	CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 1.0	CC-BY-NC-SA-1.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.0	CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.5	CC-BY-NC-SA-2.5		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0	CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0	CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 1.0	CC-BY-SA-1.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0	CC-BY-SA-2.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5	CC-BY-SA-2.5		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0	CC-BY-SA-3.0		License Text
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0	CC-BY-SA-4.0		License Text
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal	CC0-1.0		License Text
Crossword License	Crossword		License Text
CrystalStacker License	CrystalStacker		License Text
CUA Office Public License v1.0	CUA-OPL-1.0	Y	License Text
Cube License	Cube		License Text
curl License	curl		License Text
Deutsche Freie Software Lizenz	D-FSL-1.0		License Text
diffmark license	diffmark		License Text
Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License	WTFPL		License Text
DOC License	DOC		License Text
Dotseqn License	Dotseqn		License Text
DSDP License	DSDP		License Text
dvipdfm License	dvipdfm		License Text
Eclipse Public License 1.0	EPL-1.0	Y	License Text
Educational Community License v1.0	ECL-1.0	Y	License Text
Educational Community License v2.0	ECL-2.0	Y	License Text
eGenix.com Public License 1.1.0	eGenix		License Text
Eiffel Forum License v1.0	EFL-1.0	Y	License Text
Eiffel Forum License v2.0	EFL-2.0	Y	License Text
Enlightenment License (e16)	MIT-advertising		License Text
enna License	MIT-enna		License Text
Entessa Public License v1.0	Entessa	Y	License Text
Erlang Public License v1.1	ErlPL-1.1		License Text
EU DataGrid Software License	EUDatagrid	Y	License Text
European Union Public License 1.0	EUPL-1.0		License Text
European Union Public License 1.1	EUPL-1.1	Y	License Text
Eurosym License	Eurosym		License Text
Fair License	Fair	Y	License Text
feh License	MIT-feh		License Text
Frameworx Open License 1.0	Frameworx-1.0	Y	License Text
FreeImage Public License v1.0	FreeImage		License Text
Freetype Project License	FTL		License Text
FSF All Permissive License	FSFAP		License Text
FSF Unlimited License	FSFUL		License Text
FSF Unlimited License (with License Retention)	FSFULLR		License Text
Giftware License	Giftware		License Text
GL2PS License	GL2PS		License Text
Glulxe License	Glulxe		License Text
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0	AGPL-3.0	Y	License Text
GNU Free Documentation License v1.1	GFDL-1.1		License Text
GNU Free Documentation License v1.2	GFDL-1.2		License Text
GNU Free Documentation License v1.3	GFDL-1.3		License Text
GNU General Public License v1.0 only	GPL-1.0		License Text
GNU General Public License v2.0 only	GPL-2.0	Y	License Text
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	GPL-3.0	Y	License Text
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only	LGPL-2.1	Y	License Text
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only	LGPL-3.0	Y	License Text
GNU Library General Public License v2 only	LGPL-2.0	Y	License Text
gnuplot License	gnuplot		License Text
gSOAP Public License v1.3b	gSOAP-1.3b		License Text
Haskell Language Report License	HaskellReport		License Text
Historic Permission Notice and Disclaimer	HPND	Y	License Text
IBM PowerPC Initialization and Boot Software	IBM-pibs		License Text
IBM Public License v1.0	IPL-1.0	Y	License Text
ICU License	ICU		License Text
ImageMagick License	ImageMagick		License Text
iMatix Standard Function Library Agreement	iMatix		License Text
Imlib2 License	Imlib2		License Text
Independent JPEG Group License	IJG		License Text
Info-ZIP License	Info-ZIP		License Text
Intel ACPI Software License Agreement	Intel-ACPI		License Text
Intel Open Source License	Intel	Y	License Text
Interbase Public License v1.0	Interbase-1.0		License Text
IPA Font License	IPA	Y	License Text
ISC License	ISC	Y	License Text
JasPer License	JasPer-2.0		License Text
JSON License	JSON		License Text
LaTeX Project Public License v1.0	LPPL-1.0		License Text
LaTeX Project Public License v1.1	LPPL-1.1		License Text
LaTeX Project Public License v1.2	LPPL-1.2		License Text
LaTeX Project Public License v1.3a	LPPL-1.3a		License Text
LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c	LPPL-1.3c	Y	License Text
Latex2e License	Latex2e		License Text
Lawrence Berkeley National Labs BSD variant license	BSD-3-Clause-LBNL		License Text
Leptonica License	Leptonica		License Text
Lesser General Public License For Linguistic Resources	LGPLLR		License Text
libpng License	Libpng		License Text
libtiff License	libtiff		License Text
Licence Art Libre 1.2	LAL-1.2		License Text
Licence Art Libre 1.3	LAL-1.3		License Text
Licence Libre du Québec – Permissive version 1.1	LiLiQ-P-1.1	Y	License Text
Licence Libre du Québec – Réciprocité forte version 1.1	LiLiQ-Rplus-1.1	Y	License Text
Licence Libre du Québec – Réciprocité version 1.1	LiLiQ-R-1.1	Y	License Text
Lucent Public License v1.02	LPL-1.02	Y	License Text
Lucent Public License Version 1.0	LPL-1.0	Y	License Text
MakeIndex License	MakeIndex		License Text
Matrix Template Library License	MTLL		License Text
Microsoft Public License	MS-PL	Y	License Text
Microsoft Reciprocal License	MS-RL	Y	License Text
MirOS Licence	MirOS	Y	License Text
MIT +no-false-attribs license	MITNFA		License Text
MIT License	MIT	Y	License Text
Motosoto License	Motosoto	Y	License Text
Mozilla Public License 1.0	MPL-1.0	Y	License Text
Mozilla Public License 1.1	MPL-1.1	Y	License Text
Mozilla Public License 2.0	MPL-2.0	Y	License Text
Mozilla Public License 2.0 (no copyleft exception)	MPL-2.0-no-copyleft-exception	Y	License Text
mpich2 License	mpich2		License Text
Multics License	Multics	Y	License Text
Mup License	Mup		License Text
NASA Open Source Agreement 1.3	NASA-1.3	Y	License Text
Naumen Public License	Naumen	Y	License Text
Net Boolean Public License v1	NBPL-1.0		License Text
Net-SNMP License	Net-SNMP		License Text
NetCDF license	NetCDF		License Text
Nethack General Public License	NGPL	Y	License Text
Netizen Open Source License	NOSL		License Text
Netscape Public License v1.0	NPL-1.0		License Text
Netscape Public License v1.1	NPL-1.1		License Text
Newsletr License	Newsletr		License Text
No Limit Public License	NLPL		License Text
Nokia Open Source License	Nokia	Y	License Text
Non-Profit Open Software License 3.0	NPOSL-3.0	Y	License Text
Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data	NLOD-1.0		License Text
Noweb License	Noweb		License Text
NRL License	NRL		License Text
NTP License	NTP	Y	License Text
Nunit License	Nunit		License Text
OCLC Research Public License 2.0	OCLC-2.0	Y	License Text
ODC Open Database License v1.0	ODbL-1.0		License Text
ODC Public Domain Dedication & License 1.0	PDDL-1.0		License Text
Open CASCADE Technology Public License	OCCT-PL		License Text
Open Group Test Suite License	OGTSL	Y	License Text
Open LDAP Public License 2.2.2	OLDAP-2.2.2		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v1.1	OLDAP-1.1		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v1.2	OLDAP-1.2		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v1.3	OLDAP-1.3		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v1.4	OLDAP-1.4		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.0 (or possibly 2.0A and 2.0B)	OLDAP-2.0		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.0.1	OLDAP-2.0.1		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.1	OLDAP-2.1		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.2	OLDAP-2.2		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.2.1	OLDAP-2.2.1		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.3	OLDAP-2.3		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.4	OLDAP-2.4		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.5	OLDAP-2.5		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.6	OLDAP-2.6		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.7	OLDAP-2.7		License Text
Open LDAP Public License v2.8	OLDAP-2.8		License Text
Open Market License	OML		License Text
Open Public License v1.0	OPL-1.0		License Text
Open Software License 1.0	OSL-1.0	Y	License Text
Open Software License 1.1	OSL-1.1		License Text
Open Software License 2.0	OSL-2.0	Y	License Text
Open Software License 2.1	OSL-2.1	Y	License Text
Open Software License 3.0	OSL-3.0	Y	License Text
OpenSSL License	OpenSSL		License Text
OSET Public License version 2.1	OSET-PL-2.1	Y	License Text
PHP License v3.0	PHP-3.0	Y	License Text
PHP License v3.01	PHP-3.01		License Text
Plexus Classworlds License	Plexus		License Text
PostgreSQL License	PostgreSQL	Y	License Text
psfrag License	psfrag		License Text
psutils License	psutils		License Text
Python License 2.0	Python-2.0	Y	License Text
Q Public License 1.0	QPL-1.0	Y	License Text
Qhull License	Qhull		License Text
Rdisc License	Rdisc		License Text
RealNetworks Public Source License v1.0	RPSL-1.0	Y	License Text
Reciprocal Public License 1.1	RPL-1.1	Y	License Text
Reciprocal Public License 1.5	RPL-1.5	Y	License Text
Red Hat eCos Public License v1.1	RHeCos-1.1		License Text
Ricoh Source Code Public License	RSCPL	Y	License Text
RSA Message-Digest License	RSA-MD		License Text
Ruby License	Ruby		License Text
Sax Public Domain Notice	SAX-PD		License Text
Saxpath License	Saxpath		License Text
SCEA Shared Source License	SCEA		License Text
Scheme Widget Library (SWL) Software License Agreement	SWL		License Text
Secure Messaging Protocol Public License	SMPPL		License Text
Sendmail License	Sendmail		License Text
SGI Free Software License B v1.0	SGI-B-1.0		License Text
SGI Free Software License B v1.1	SGI-B-1.1		License Text
SGI Free Software License B v2.0	SGI-B-2.0		License Text
SIL Open Font License 1.0	OFL-1.0		License Text
SIL Open Font License 1.1	OFL-1.1	Y	License Text
Simple Public License 2.0	SimPL-2.0	Y	License Text
Sleepycat License	Sleepycat	Y	License Text
SNIA Public License 1.1	SNIA		License Text
Spencer License 86	Spencer-86		License Text
Spencer License 94	Spencer-94		License Text
Spencer License 99	Spencer-99		License Text
Standard ML of New Jersey License	SMLNJ		License Text
SugarCRM Public License v1.1.3	SugarCRM-1.1.3		License Text
Sun Industry Standards Source License v1.1	SISSL	Y	License Text
Sun Industry Standards Source License v1.2	SISSL-1.2		License Text
Sun Public License v1.0	SPL-1.0	Y	License Text
Sybase Open Watcom Public License 1.0	Watcom-1.0	Y	License Text
TCL/TK License	TCL		License Text
TCP Wrappers License	TCP-wrappers		License Text
The Unlicense	Unlicense		License Text
TMate Open Source License	TMate		License Text
TORQUE v2.5+ Software License v1.1	TORQUE-1.1		License Text
Trusster Open Source License	TOSL		License Text
Unicode License Agreement - Data Files and Software (2015)	Unicode-DFS-2015		License Text
Unicode License Agreement - Data Files and Software (2016)	Unicode-DFS-2016		License Text
Unicode Terms of Use	Unicode-TOU		License Text
Universal Permissive License v1.0	UPL-1.0	Y	License Text
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License	NCSA	Y	License Text
Vim License	Vim		License Text
VOSTROM Public License for Open Source	VOSTROM		License Text
Vovida Software License v1.0	VSL-1.0	Y	License Text
W3C Software Notice and Document License (2015-05-13)	W3C-20150513		License Text
W3C Software Notice and License (1998-07-20)	W3C-19980720		License Text
W3C Software Notice and License (2002-12-31)	W3C	Y	License Text
Wsuipa License	Wsuipa		License Text
X.Net License	Xnet	Y	License Text
X11 License	X11		License Text
Xerox License	Xerox		License Text
XFree86 License 1.1	XFree86-1.1		License Text
xinetd License	xinetd		License Text
XPP License	xpp		License Text
XSkat License	XSkat		License Text
Yahoo! Public License v1.0	YPL-1.0		License Text
Yahoo! Public License v1.1	YPL-1.1		License Text
Zed License	Zed		License Text
Zend License v2.0	Zend-2.0		License Text
Zimbra Public License v1.3	Zimbra-1.3		License Text
Zimbra Public License v1.4	Zimbra-1.4		License Text
zlib License	Zlib	Y	License Text
zlib/libpng License with Acknowledgement	zlib-acknowledgement		License Text
Zope Public License 1.1	ZPL-1.1		License Text
Zope Public License 2.0	ZPL-2.0	Y	License Text
Zope Public License 2.1	ZPL-2.1		License Text

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Deprecated Licenses

Release 2.0 of the SPDX Specification introduces License Expression Syntax that supports the ability to identify common variations of SPDX-identified licenses without the need to define each potential variation as a distinct license on the SPDX License List. This new syntax supports the ability to use a simple “+” operator after a license short identifier to indicate “or later version” (e.g. GPL-2.0+). It also supports the ability to declare an SPDX-identified license exception using the “WITH” operator (e.g. GPL-2.0+ WITH Autoconf-exception-2.0). SPDX has defined a list of license exceptions to use after the “WITH” operator. As a result, a number of licenses formerly included in the SPDX License List have been deprecated as licenses, and correct usage employs the License Expression Syntax as of v2.0. The URL to each deprecated license still exists and those license pages have been updated to note the deprecation. Other licenses may have been deprecated for reasons noted.

Full name	Identifier	Deprecated as of:
eCos license version 2.0	eCos-2.0	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v1.0 or later	GPL-1.0+	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later	GPL-2.0+	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Autoconf exception	GPL-2.0-with-autoconf-exception	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Bison exception	GPL-2.0-with-bison-exception	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Classpath exception	GPL-2.0-with-classpath-exception	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Font exception	GPL-2.0-with-font-exception	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v2.0 w/GCC Runtime Library exception	GPL-2.0-with-GCC-exception	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	GPL-3.0+	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v3.0 w/Autoconf exception	GPL-3.0-with-autoconf-exception	2.0rc2
GNU General Public License v3.0 w/GCC Runtime Library exception	GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception	2.0rc2
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later	LGPL-2.1+	2.0rc2
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later	LGPL-3.0+	2.0rc2
GNU Library General Public License v2 or later	LGPL-2.0+	2.0rc2
Standard ML of New Jersey License	StandardML-NJ	2.0rc2
wxWindows Library License	WXwindows	2.0rc2