Strong Licence Examples
This information is for general guidance and is NOT legal advice
| Provides copyright protection | Can be used in commercial applications | Copyfree | Provides explicit patent licence | Can be used in proprietary solutions | Copyleft | Additional notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Limited | Not recommended for use with software |
| Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Strong | Not recommended for use with software |
| GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 (AGPLv3) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Strong | Based on the GNU General Public License 3.0 Extends copyleft conditions to software used over a network or website |
| GNU General Public License 2.0 (GPLv2) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Strong | |
| GNU General Public License 3.0 (GPLv3) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Strong | Based on the GNU General Public License 2.0 |