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Hey open source contributors,

I’m looking for examples of license agreements from big open source projects.

What are, according to you, the best license agreements? What is an important thing to check before signing a license agreement? What would be your advice to an organization drafting a license agreement to contribute to an #agpl3 project?

Thanks for sharing my question. This is something I will probably add in my open source teaching at university.

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@marcellaflamme Yes, there are different opinions of what's preferable. I didn't argue with that.

I'm just curious why #CreativeCommons NC was considered preferable here.

If we want to talk terminology...

FreedomDefined.org can be used for a definition of a #FreeLicense, opendefinition.org for a definition of an #OpenLicense.

#Punctum doesn't seem to argue that NC is an open license.

Terms like "gratis #OpenAccess" are available to reduce confusion, see Peter Suber's classic book.