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Permissive • SPDX: BSD-3-Clause

BSD 3-Clause License

Very permissive, similar to MIT, with a non-endorsement clause.

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Risk Assessment by Project Type (Proprietary / Commercial)

1. SaaS / Cloud Application (operated by you)

Compatible with your use case. Only requires simple attribution.

2. Distributed Software (Dynamic Linking)

Compatible with your use case. Only requires simple attribution.

3. Distributed / Embedded Software (Static Linking)

Compatible with your use case. Only requires simple attribution.

4. 100% Internal Tool (Undistributed)

Compatible with your use case. Only requires simple attribution.

Philosophy & Ideal Use

  • Very permissive, similar to MIT, with a non-endorsement clause.

Your Main Obligations

  • Retain the copyright and license text.
  • Do not use the names of contributors to endorse your derivative product without permission.

✓ Permissions

  • Commercial use
  • Modification
  • Distribution
  • Private use
  • Sublicense

⚠ Conditions

  • Include copyright and license text

✕ Limitations

  • No warranty
  • Limitation of liability

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Compare with other Open Source licenses

MIT Apache 2.0 BSD 3-Clause CeCILL-B MPL 2.0 EPL 2.0 LGPL v3 CeCILL v2.1 GPL v3 AGPL v3 CeCILL-C