I found this in the latest hotscritps.com newsletter. I've often wondered what some of these meant.


Freeware

A form of software/script distribution where you retain the copyright of the software, but make the program available to others at no cost. This means that no-one can change the software in any way unless permission is expressly granted to do so by you.

Commercial License

Commercial Licenses differ from software to software. They are, most of the time, paid software or scripts issued to a specific company or organization, which entitles them to use a copy of the software/script. A Commercial License is usually sold for a year or per site or server.

Free Trial

Use this licensing of a software program or script when you want a user to evaluate your script for a limited period of time at no cost.

GPL

The GNU General Public License is a form of copyright that is commonly applied to software that the authors wish to distribute for the common good. Paraphrased, it says that the software may be altered and re-distributed as desired but that the original code must also be distributed. ( More info )

LGPL

GNU Lesser General Public License: If you want to be sure that all copies of your program, even modified ones, are accompanied by the corresponding source, or by an easy way of getting the source, you should use the GNU GPL. ( More info )

BSD Style

If you aim at maximum diffusion for your code by allowing its use in any program, be it free or proprietary, you should use the "new BSD license" (also called the "BSD license without the advertising clause")

PHP License

This license is used by most versions of PHP. It is a non-copyleft free software license which is incompatible with the GNU GPL. We recommend that you not use this license for anything except PHP add-ons. ( More Info )

Free for non-commercial use

Use this type of license if you want to enable individuals, including students, technology educators and individual developers to use your scripts at no cost. You can apply other limitations like a link back to your homepage.

Other Free / Open Source License

There are various other free / open source licenses available. You will find a decent list at: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html

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Great list. Thank you hotscripts

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