Introduction to Various Free and Open Source Licenses

If you are a developer, you may have heard of the term “FOSS” or “Free and Open Source Software”. FOSS is a software that is free to use, modify, and distribute. There are many FOSS licenses, and each license has its own characteristics. In this article, I will introduce some of the most popular FOSS licenses. GNU General Public License (GPL) GNU General Public License (GPL) is a FOSS license created by Richard Stallman....

January 30, 2024