The original BSD license was used for its namesake, the Berkeley Software Distribution, a Unix-like operating system.
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14 Facts About BSD license
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The modified BSD license is very similar to the license originally used for the BSD version of Unix.
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The BSD license is a simple license that merely requires that all code retain the BSD license notice if redistributed in source code format, or reproduce the notice if redistributed in binary format.
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Today, the typical BSD license is the 3-clause version, which is revised from the original 4-clause version.
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Some releases of BSD prior to the adoption of the 4-clause BSD license used a license that is clearly ancestral to the 4-clause BSD license.
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Original BSD license contained a clause not found in later licenses, known as the "advertising clause".
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The BSD license contains a clause restricting use of the names of contributors for endorsement of a derived work without specific permission.
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The primary difference between it and the New BSD License is that it omits the non-endorsement clause.
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The FreeBSD version of the license adds a further disclaimer about views and opinions expressed in the software, though this is not commonly included by other projects.
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ISC license is functionally equivalent, and endorsed by the OpenBSD project as a license template for new contributions.
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BSD 0-clause license goes further than the 2-clause license by dropping the requirements to include the copyright notice, license text, or disclaimer in either source or binary forms.
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The BSD License allows proprietary use and allows the software released under the license to be incorporated into proprietary products.
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The original, 4-clause BSD license has not been accepted as an open source license and, although the original is considered to be a free software license by the FSF, the FSF does not consider it to be compatible with the GPL due to the advertising clause.
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BSD license family is one of the oldest and most broadly used license families in the Free and open-source software ecosystem.
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