軟體的開源授權授予所有使用者使用，修改以及共享的許可權，並明確表示了哪些行為是准許的，哪些行為是禁止的。 主頁 上面推薦的幾種常用授權(GNU GPLv3, Apache License 2.0, 和 MIT License) 均屬於開源授權。
如果你想要檢視所有授權的允許和禁止的內容，請檢視 附錄.
Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available.
| 允許 | 要求 | 禁止 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Permissions of this strong copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights.
| 允許 | 要求 | 禁止 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Permissions of this copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications under the same license or the GNU GPLv3. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. However, a larger work using the licensed work through interfaces provided by the licensed work may be distributed under different terms and without source code for the larger work.
| 允許 | 要求 | 禁止 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Permissions of this weak copyleft license are conditioned on making available source code of licensed files and modifications of those files under the same license (or in certain cases, one of the GNU licenses). Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. However, a larger work using the licensed work may be distributed under different terms and without source code for files added in the larger work.
| 允許 | 要求 | 禁止 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
一份提供了版權保護和許可宣告的寬鬆的授權，本授權授權使用者專利使用權，使用時需註明作者，如有修改，需註明修改部分內容。請注意，本授權不授予商標使用權。
| 允許 | 要求 | 禁止 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
這是一份簡短而寬鬆的授權，只提供了版權保護和宣告，它授予他人複製，修改，合併，釋出，分發，授權和/或銷售 本軟體的副本的權力。
| 允許 | 要求 | 禁止 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
A license with no conditions whatsoever which dedicates works to the public domain. Unlicensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
| 允許 | 要求 | 禁止 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
|