The W3C Software Notice and License is a
permissive free software license
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used by software released by the
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working together in ...
, like
Amaya. The license is a
permissive
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* Permissiveness (virology), between viruses and cells.
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* ...
license,
compatible with the
GNU General Public License
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.
Software using the License
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Arena
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*
Amaya
*
Libwww
Libwww is an early World Wide Web software library providing core functions for web browsers, implementing HTML, HTTP, and other technologies. Tim Berners-Lee, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), released libwww (then also ca ...
*
Line Mode Browser
The Line Mode Browser (also known as LMB, WWWLib, or just www) is the second web browser ever created.
The browser was the first demonstrated to be portable to several different operating systems.
Operated from a simple command-line interface, ...
See also
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Free software portal
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Software using the W3C Software Notice and License (category)
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World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working together in ...
References
External links
Text of the license
Free and open-source software licenses
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