BSD litsents

BSD Litsents on üks lihtsamaid ja samas ka suhteliselt levinud litsentsi tingimusi. Sisuliselt võib võtta BSD litsentsi põhimõtte järgmiselt kokku: Tehke mida tahate, kuid andke teada, et kasutasite meie koodi. BSD litsentsiga kaitstud koodi kasutajal pole mingit kohustust pärast sama moodi lähtekoodi avaldada. Mis ongi suurimaks erinevuseks võrreldes GNU litsentsidega. Tänu sellele äärmisele liberaalsusele on BSD litsentsiga kaitstud koodi kasutatud paljudes erinevates operatsioonisüsteemides. Näiteks Windowsis, Linuxis ja mujal. Järgenevalt toon ära ühtlasi ka BSD litsentsi originaalteksti, mida iga üks võib kasutada, pannes sinna oma firma/nime asemele:

BSD litsentsi näidis:

* Copyright (c) 2006, Teie firma nimi
* All rights reserved.
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
*
*     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
*       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
*     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
*       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
*       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
*     * Neither the name of the University of California, Berkeley nor the
*       names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
*       derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
* DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
* DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
* (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
* LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
* ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
* (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
* SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.