Ever wanted to know the difference between Apache 2.0 and MIT? Or permissive and copyleft open source licenses? Read on.

There are two broad kinds of licenses that meet the formal open source definition as laid out by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). "Permissive" licenses carry few restrictions in terms of how ...

Formally licensing your research products with a recognized license (for example, through a Creative Commons license or an Open Data Commons license) provides a consistent and easily understandable ...

The CC BY license is the most open license available, and is considered the industry 'gold standard' for open access; it is also preferred by many funders. This license allows readers to copy and ...