BSD is a free software license deriving from the free unix operating system: [[BSD]]. It is one of the least restrictive [[open source]] licenses, along with the [[License:MIT|MIT License]]. licenses.

The only requirement for using BSD code is that the original authors of the code must be attributed.

In some of the early versions of BSD, a controversial clause required that advertising for software that used BSD code must mention UC Berkeley, however a revision of the BSD eliminated this clause and it is no longer in common use.

Many commercial products including [[Windows]] and [[OSX|Mac OS X]] include code that is licensed under the terms of the BSD License.

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BSD is a free software license deriving from the free unix operating system: [[BSD]]. It is one of the least restrictive [[open source]] licenses.

The only requirement for using BSD code is that the original authors of the code must be attributed.

In some of the early versions of BSD, a controversial clause required that advertising for software that used BSD code must mention UC Berkeley, however a revision of the BSD eliminated this clause and it is no longer in common use.

Many commercial products including [[Windows]] and [[OSX|Mac OS X]] include code that is licensed under the terms of the BSD License.

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* {{BSD License Text}}

BSD is a free software license deriving from the free unix operating system: [[BSD]]. It is one of the least restrictive [[open source]] licenses.

The only requirement for using BSD code is that the original authors of the code must be attributed.

Many commercial products including [[Windows]] and [[OSX|Mac OS X]] include code that is licensed under the terms of the BSD License.

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* {{BSD License Text}}

BSD is a free software license deriving from the free unix operating system: [[BSD]]. It that is one of the least restrictive [[open source]] licenses. very lax in its restrictions.

The only requirement for using BSD code is that the original authors of the code must be attributed.

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* Copyright (c) 1998, Regents of the University of California

* All rights reserved.

* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

*

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* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the

* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

* * Neither the name of the University of California, Berkeley nor the

* names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products

* derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

*

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* (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;

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* ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT

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