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The Universal Permissive License (oss.oracle.com)

L 7 pts 3 comments by rtfeldman Apr 10, 2021 law thread

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The Universal Permissive License (oss.oracle.com)

L 7 pts 3 comments by rtfeldman Apr 10, 2021 law thread

The Permissive License Proprietization Curse (callfortesting.org)

L 5 pts 1 comments by jturner Oct 30, 2012 philosophy Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Universal Pictures files DMCA takedown against localhost (theregister.co.uk)

L 17 pts 0 comments by kristof Jul 24, 2015 lawweb Web Development thread

Permissive licenses, community, and copyleft [LWN.net] (lwn.net)

L 1 pts 0 comments by kyrias Nov 11, 2015 rant thread

King releases the Defold game engine under a permissive license (defold.com)

L 9 pts 7 comments by Yogthos May 19, 2020 c++clojuregamesmobileprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory Gaming / Retro Computing thread

“Permissive licensing is wrong?” – No it’s not! (2018) (eerielinux.wordpress.com)

L 4 pts 6 comments by cve Jul 11, 2021 law thread

The Stack - permissively licensed code for large language models (bigcode-project.org)

~ 6 pts 1 comments by unknown Nov 1, 2022 ~tech AI / Machine Learning Internet / Digital Culture thread

Sign the open letter about the universal right to install any software on any device (blog.documentfoundation.org)

L 6 pts 22 comments by kngl Nov 23, 2022 law Programming (General) thread

Ask HN: Thoughts on DUKI License – Open-Source Meets Universal Kindness?

HN 1 pts 0 comments by kindkang2024 Sep 9, 2024 Programming (General) thread

I'm exploring a new concept for open source licensing called the DUKI License. DUKI (pronounced 'djuːki', reminiscent of 'duty', 'kindness' and 'cookie') stands for Decentralized Universal Kindness Income. The core idea is to create a license that require...

Ask HN: Permissively Licensed Terms of Service / Privacy Policies?

HN 1 pts 0 comments by pbnjay Sep 23, 2024 Security / Privacy thread

I'm hoping to launch my software app soon, but I was trying to throw together an initial Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It's really hard to find very many that can be easily/safely adapted!<p>I started collecting a list of openly-licensed terms and figured I'd share it here...

The Permissive License Proprietization Curse (2012) (callfortesting.org)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by pabs3 Apr 11, 2025 thread

I used to prefer permissive licenses and now favor copyleft (vitalik.eth.limo)

HN 12 pts 0 comments by ryandotsmith Jul 7, 2025 thread

I used to prefer permissive licenses and now favor copyleft (vitalik.eth.limo)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by Cas9 Jul 8, 2025 thread

I used to prefer permissive licenses and now favor copyleft (vitalik.eth.limo)

HN 134 pts 137 comments by bpierre Jul 9, 2025 thread

Quest for Permissively Licensed PDF Library in C# (duerrenberger.dev)

HN 59 pts 62 comments by ingve Nov 4, 2025 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Universal music group and udio announce new licensed AI music creation platform (universalmusic.com)

HN 3 pts 0 comments by lastdong Nov 5, 2025 AI / Machine Learning thread

Round Robin: license that's share-alike for improvements and permissive for apps (roundrobinlicense.com)

HN 2 pts 2 comments by cmitsakis Nov 24, 2025 thread