Licensing Cheatsheet
User right | Libre, Free | Open | Other |
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Use for any purpose: | Arbitrary | Arbitrary | Arbitrary |
Use on any platform: | Always | Arbitrary | Arbitrary |
Access the source project: | Always | Always | Never |
Redistribute the original project: | Arbitrary | Arbitrary | Arbitrary |
Redistribute the original source project: | Always | Always | Never |
Republish the edited source project: | Always | Arbitrary | |
Re-license the edited source project: | Arbitrary | Arbitrary |
In addition, the European Commission offers a free comparison tool.