Licences

Notes about public domain, academic use only, and other licence options.

An explanation of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence, with advantages, disadvantages, and how to apply it to your code.

An explanation of the GNU General Public Licence, with advantages, disadvantages, and how to apply it to your code.

An explanation of "BSD-style" software licences, with advantages, disadvantages, and how to apply them to your code.

If you plan to publish some software code, you need to include a licence so that other people will know what they can do with it. This article explains how to do it.

JISC announce two new online wizards to assist in navigating compatibility issues that arise when trying to blend material under different Creative Commons licences.