BSD licenses

Summary

BSD licenses is an OSI-approved license^[1]. It draws 662 Wikipedia views per month (osi_approved_license category, ranking #1 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• BSD licenses's instance of is recorded as OSI-approved license^[3].
• BSD licenses's instance of is recorded as license scheme^[4].
• Berkeley Software Distribution is named after BSD licenses^[5].
• BSD licenses's logo image is recorded as BSD wordmark.svg^[6].
• BSD licenses's subclass of is recorded as permissive free software license^[7].
• BSD licenses's software version identifier is recorded as 4-clause BSD license^[8].
• BSD licenses's software version identifier is recorded as 3-clause BSD license^[9].
• BSD licenses's software version identifier is recorded as 2-clause BSD license^[10].
• BSD licenses's software version identifier is recorded as 1-clause BSD license^[11].
• BSD licenses's software version identifier is recorded as 0-clause BSD license^[12].
• BSD licenses's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-רישיון BSD.wav^[13].
• BSD licenses's has part is recorded as 4-clause BSD License^[14].
• BSD licenses's has part is recorded as 3-clause BSD License^[15].
• BSD licenses's has part is recorded as 2-clause BSD License^[16].
• BSD licenses's has part is recorded as 1-clause BSD License^[17].
• BSD licenses's has part is recorded as Zero-clause BSD License^[18].
• BSD licenses's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018s4^[19].
• BSD licenses's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BSD licenses^[20].
• BSD licenses's topic has template is recorded as Template:BSD^[21].
• BSD licenses's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://opensource.stackexchange.com/tags/bsd^[22].
• BSD licenses's SPDX license ID is recorded as BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD^[23].
• BSD licenses's SPDX license ID is recorded as BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD^[24].
• BSD licenses's SPDX license ID is recorded as BSD-3-Clause-Attribution^[25].
• BSD licenses's SPDX license ID is recorded as BSD-3-Clause-Clear^[26].
• BSD licenses's SPDX license ID is recorded as BSD-4-Clause-UC^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include OSI-approved license^[3] and license scheme^[4].

History and Context

Berkeley Software Distribution is named after BSD licenses^[5].

Why It Matters

BSD licenses draws 662 Wikipedia views per month (osi_approved_license category, ranking #1 of 4).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]