Beerware
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Beerware is a tongue-in-cheek software license with permissive terms. It provides the end user with the right to use a particular program (or do anything else with the source code).[3]
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Author | Poul-Henning Kamp |
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Latest version | 42 |
Publisher | Yes |
Published | 1998[lower-alpha 1] |
SPDX identifier | Beerware |
Debian FSG compatible | Yes |
FSF approved | Yes (see "informal license" section)[2] |
OSI approved | No |
GPL compatible | Yes[2] |
Copyleft | No[2] |
Linking from code with a different licence | Yes |
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