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Licensing Cheatsheet

Legal rights guaranteed by each license type:
User right Libre, Free Open Other
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

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