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Frequency chart of RubyGems "licenses" metadata strings a of 2015-05-09
Frequency chart of RubyGems "licenses" metadata strings a of 2015-05-09.
34949 None
33837 MIT
727 Apache 2.0
521 BSD
265 Apache-2.0
234 Apache License (2.0)
213 GPL
197 GPLv3
165 Public Domain
155 GPL-3
136 GPL-2
134 GPL 2
131 Apache License, Version 2.0
121 WTFPL
120 Apache
101 GPL-3.0
90 LGPL
88 Ruby
84 Apache License 2.0
82 BSD-2-Clause
80
76 GPLv2
76 Apache 2
68 BSD-3-Clause
67 ISC
64 Artistic 2.0
62 APACHE2
61 LGPLv3
59 LGPL-3.0
58 APLv2
57 Apache License Version 2.0
52 MIT-LICENSE
51 AGPL-3.0
50 Apache2
37 GPL3
36 LGPL-3
36 BSD 3-Clause
35 LGPLv2.1 or later
35 BSD-3
32 UNLICENSE
32 CC BY-SA 4.0
31 Unlicense
28 GPL-2.0
28 CC0
27 MIT License
26 AGPL
25 FreeBSD
24 same as ruby's
22 Ruby's
22 GNU
21 LGPLv3+
21 LGPL-2.1
21 GPL2
21 BSD 2-Clause
21 Apache v2
20 BSD 3-clause
19 The MIT License (MIT)
19 MIT license
18 LICENSE
18 GPL v3
18 GPLv2+
18 GPL-3+
18 Apache V2
18 Apache License V2.0
17 New BSD
16 GPL-3-LICENSE
16 Beerware
16 Apache-2
15 Simplified BSD
15 New BSD License
15 CC BY-SA 3.0
15 AGPL3
14 zlib
13 mit
13 GPLv3+
13 GPL-3.0+
13 3-clause BSD
13 2-clause BSDL
12 Proprietary
12 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
12 bsd
12 ASL2
11 Various
11 PAL
11 HUGWARE
11 GNU/GPLv3
11 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
11 CC BY 3.0
11 Apachev2
11 APACHE
10 LGPLv2.1+
10 CSL
10 ASL
10 Apache v2.0
10 ALv2
9 none
9 MPLv2
9 GNU LGPLv3
9 BSD3
9 APL 2.0
9 APACHE 2.0
8 Public domain
8 New-BSD
8 MPL2.0/LGPLv3
8 LGPLv2
8 LGPL3
8 GPL v2
8 Apache License, v2.0
8 AGPLv3
7 Ruby 1.8
7 ruby
7 Public Domain (CC0)
7 MIT2.0
7 LGPL 2.1
7 GPL 3
7 GNU LGPL
7 GNU GPL v2
7 BSD-2
7 Apache License
7 apache2
7 apache
6 SIL Open Font License
6 RUBY
6 R2CORBA
6 Private
6 NONE
6 LGPLv2.1
6 LGPL-2.1+
6 GNU GPLv3
6 GNU GPL-3
6 GFD Dennou Club
6 Eclipse Public License
6 Copyright (c) Joe McIlvain. All rights reserved
6 ASL-2
6 Artistic
6 Apache License v2
6 APACHE 2
6 ACE
6 2-clause BSD License
5 OSL-3.0
5 Open Software Licence v3.0
5 MPL-2.0
5 LGPL v3
5 LGPLv2 or later
5 LGPL v2.1
5 ISC License
5 GPLv3 or later
5 GNU GPL v3
5 GNU GPL
5 EPL
5 CC0-1.0
5 BSD 3 Clause
5 BSD-3-clause
5 BSD 2-clause
5 Apache2.0
5 AGPL-3
4 zlib/libpng
4 University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License
4 The Unlicense
4 Stanford University
4 Simplified BSD License
4 NCSA
4 Mozilla Public License
4 LGPLV3
4 LGPL-2
4 LAGPL
4 GPLv3+: GNU General Public License version 3 or later
4 GPL v3+
4 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
4 Free
4 Expat
4 EPL-1.0
4 Cornell
4 Commercial
4 CC By-SA
4 CC BY-NC
4 BSD New
4 APL2.0
4 Apache License v2.0
4 Apache License 2
4 AFL
3 You want it? It's yours.
3 X11
3 Ruby License (2-clause BSDL or Artistic)
3 public domain
3 PayPal SDK License
3 OSL
3 NA
3 MPL2
3 MIT/X11
3 MIT, Apache License v2.0
3 LGPL-3.0+
3 http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT
3 GPL-v2
3 GPL-2.0+
3 GNU General Public License
3 FactaTI
3 emojiOL
3 DPL
3 Creative Commons by-nc
3 Copyright 2013 Joe McIlvain
3 COPYING
3 CC BY 4.0
3 BSD 3-Clause License
3 BSD-3-Clause-Clear
3 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
3 ASL 2.0
3 apachev2
3 Apache License, v2
3 APACHE-2
3 AGPLv3+
3 3-Clause BSD
2 You want it, its yours
2 Yoloswag
2 X11 License
2 wtfpl
2 WTFP
2 UNLICENSED
2 To be decided
2 The Ruby License
2 The MIT License
2 Takeshi Horinouchi
2 SUV
2 Stanford University Libraries
2 Same as Ruby's
2 Ruby Software License
2 Ruby License
2 Public Domain, CC0
2 PUBLIC DOMAIN
2 OWL
2 Open Works License
2 NYSL
2 New BSD license
2 New BSD (3-clause)
2 MS-RL
2 MPL
2 Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
2 Mozilla 2.0
2 Modified University of Illinois/NCSA
2 Modified BSD
2 MIT (see LICENSE file)
2 MITNFA
2 MIT license (MIT)
2 Lizenz CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
2 LICENSE.txt
2 license.txt
2 ../LICENSE
2 libpng/zlib
2 LGPLv2+
2 LGPL 2.1 or later
2 LGPL-2.0
2 LGPL2
2 Lean
2 kato.im
2 Internet Systems Consortium (ISC)
2 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
2 http://unlicense.org/
2 GPLV3
2 GPL v.3
2 GPLv2 or later
2 GPL v2.1
2 GPL v2.0
2 GPL 3.0
2 GPL 2.0
2 GPL-2+
2 GNU v3
2 GNU LGPL v3
2 GNU LGPL 3
2 GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3.0
2 GNU Lesser General Public License v3
2 GNU GPL version 2
2 GNU GPL v2.0
2 GNU General Public License v3
2 EUPL-1.1
2 EUPL 1.1
2 EPL 1.0
2 emojidex Open License
2 DWTF
2 DBC
2 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
2 Copyright 2013-2014 Joe McIlvain. All rights reserved.
2 CC-BY-SA 3.0
2 CC-BY-SA
2 BSDL
2 BSD Clause 2
2 BSD 3-clauses
2 BSD (3-Clause)
2 BSD (3-clause)
2 Boost
2 ASLv2
2 AppNeta Open License, Version 1.0
2 APL2
2 APL
2 Apache v2 License
2 Apache-v2
2 Apache Software License 2.0
2 Apache License, Version 2.0.
2 Apache License version 2
2 Apache License, 2.0
2 Apache Licence 2.0
2 All Rights Reserved
2 AL
2 Academic Free License 3.0 (AFL-3.0)
2 3-clause (or "modified") BSD
2 3-BSD
2 2-clause BSD-style license
2 2-clause BSD
2 2
1 You want it; its yours.
1 Yang.FC
1 WTFPLv2
1 WTFPL-2
1 WTFBPPL
1 WTF
1 Woody Guthrie free culture
1 Whatever.
1 whatever
1 Vistaprint
1 UW
1 UNTDID (http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/license.htm)
1 Unspecified
1 Unlicense / Public Domain
1 unlicense
1 Unlicence
1 Unknown
1 unknown
1 University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (NCSA)
1 Ulysses Lin
1 UlyssesLin
1 two-clause BSD
1 TW
1 TRON
1 Tri Bui
1 TODO choose a license
1 TODO
1 THIS IS PROVIDED UNDER MIT LICENSE
1 THE (extended) BEER-WARE LICENSE
1 The BSD Liscense
1 The BSD License
1 The BSD 3-Clause License
1 The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
1 TBD
1 Suvankar
1 Sunil Kumar
1 Sunil
1 Source: MIT, Glyphs/Fonts: SIL, Images: CC-By 3.0
1 SMC
1 SIT
1 Simple from Marco Ceresa
1 SimPL-2.0
1 SIL Open Font
1 SIL OFL
1 SHIELD SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
1 See LICENSE.txt and COPYING.txt
1 See license.txt
1 See LICENSE file
1 See LICENSE.
1 See LICENCE.html
1 See https://github.com/danlucraft/swt/blob/master/LICENSE
1 see each plugin
1 SecuredCloud
1 Secure Cloud Storage
1 Sea LICENSE
1 Scott Fleckenstein and Tom Preston-Werner
1 Sara Wong
1 Same As Ruby's
1 Same as Ruby
1 RUC
1 Ruby's license
1 Ruby or LGPLv3+
1 Ruby, ISC, 2-clause BSD
1 Ruby Exercise
1 Ruby-BSD
1 risepay
1 RIDL
1 Public Domain. See LICENSE.txt
1 Public Domain (see LICENSE.txt)
1 Public Domain. See LICENSE.md
1 Public domain + other open source licenses
1 Public Domain License
1 PSFL
1 Proprietary (for now)
1 PROPRIETARY
1 proprietary
1 private
1 Premier
1 POWERKX
1 Perl Artistic v2
1 PD
1 payu
1 PayPal License
1 OSL3
1 Open Works License 0.9.2
1 Open-Source
1 Open Source
1 ope
1 OLO
1 OFL
1 ODPL-1.0
1 NPL
1 NOV
1 not-yet-decided
1 None (Public Domain)
1 none (all rights reserved)
1 nobody should use this thing right now
1 NIT-Neev
1 NIT
1 nil
1 nherve
1 nginx
1 New Relic
1 new BSD
1 NEEV
1 Nectify
1 NCIRL
1 NCI
1 NC
1 N/A
1 MTI
1 MSU
1 MS-PL
1 MPLv3
1 MPL v2
1 MPL/LGPL
1 MPL2.0
1 MPL/2.0
1 MPL 2.0
1 MPL 2
1 MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
1 MPL 1.1
1 MPL-1.0
1 Mozilla Public License, Version 2.0 (MPL2)
1 Mozilla Public License v2.0 (https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/)
1 Mozilla Public License 1.1
1 ModifiedBSD
1 Modified Apache-2.0
1 Mixed (GPL/MIT)
1 MIT, unless you're the NSA
1 MIT (templates may have different licenses)
1 MIT, Simplified BSD, Apache 2.0
1 MIT or Do whatever you want with this gem!
1 MIT-like
1 MIT License (Expat)
1 MIT (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
1 MIT: http://hfm.mit-license.org
1 MIT/GPLv2
1 MIT/GLPv2
1 MIT/DIT
1 MIT/BSD
1 MIT and SciPy license
1 MIT and GPL v2
1 MIT and CCPs License for their static dumps
1 MIT,
1 [MIT]
1 'MIT'
1 MIT
1 MIb
1 menghuanwd
1 ManyWho License, Version 1.0
1 Manywho License, Version 1.0
1 Maniankara Inc.
1 LULZ
1 LPPL-1.3c
1 LPGLv2
1 license.md
1 LICENCE.txt
1 libre
1 LGPL Version 3
1 LGPLv3 or later
1 LGPL.v3
1 LGPL + unRAR
1 LGPL or Ruby
1 LGPL 3.0
1 LGPL-2.0+
1 lgpl
1 LGLv3
1 LEAN
1 kpratik
1 Knotice,Ltd
1 KJL
1 IPL-1.0
1 Immunio
1 I donno
1 http://www.imsglobal.org/copyright.html
1 http://tympanus.net/codrops/licensing/
1 https://walletkit.com/legal
1 http://shop.highsoft.com/highstock.html
1 https://github.com/Smithsonian/edanrb/blob/master/license.md
1 https://github.com/RubySteps/rubysteps/blob/free/LICENSE.md
1 https://github.com/AuthorizeNet/sdk-ruby/blob/master/license.txt
1 https://github.com/appium/appium_twine/blob/master/LICENSE
1 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
1 http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
1 http://license.azuretalon.com
1 H2
1 GYF
1 GSLv3
1 GPL Version 3 or NYSL
1 GPL version 3, or LGPL version 3 (Dual License)
1 GPL version 2
1 GPLv3 or NYSL
1 GPLv3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
1 GPLv3.0
1 GPL v3.0
1 GPL/V3
1 GPL V3
1 gplv3
1 GPL-V2+
1 GPL V2
1 GPLV2
1 gplv2
1 GPL3+
1 GPL-2 or later
1 GPL-2 and/or others
1 GPL-2.1
1 GPL-2.0-with-classpath-exception
1 GPL2+
1 GNUv3
1 GNU V2
1 GNU v2
1 GNU Public License Version 3
1 GNU Public
1 GNU LGPL v3.0
1 GNU GPL version 3
1 GNU GPLv3 and AGPLv3
1 GNU GPL v3.0
1 GNU GPL v2 or later
1 GNU GPL V2
1 GNU GPL 3+
1 GNU GPL 3
1 GNU-GPL
1 GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0)
1 GNU General Public License v3.0
1 GNU General Public License V3
1 GNU AGPL v3
1 GNU Affero General Public License
1 GMR
1 GitDock Oy
1 GFDL
1 Fukang
1 FreeForAll
1 Free as in beer.
1 FeiJi
1 extended beerware license
1 Expat (also known as MIT)
1 EPL-V10
1 Enjoy
1 Eday Solutions
1 ECLv2
1 DWTFYWTPL
1 DWHTFYWTPL
1 DLB
1 DBC, Nick Gerakines (for the messages)
1 Data licence Germany – attribution – Version 1.0
1 Data licence Germany attribution version 1.0
1 Data licence Germany âttribution âersion 1.0
1 Custom with a touch of MIT
1 Custom
1 Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz.
1 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
1 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
1 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
1 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
1 c) Poul-Henning Kamp (BSD-2-Clause
1 CPL
1 Cowboy Code
1 Copyright Zendesk. All Rights Reserved.
1 Copyright shutterstock.com 2014
1 Copyright Samuel
1 Copyright Envato - All rights reserved.
1 Copyright (c) ThinkNear 2014, Licensed under APLv2.0
1 Copyright (c) Rajarshi Das. All rights reserved
1 Copyright (c) 2014, GreenSock.
1 Copyright (c) 2013, salesforce.com
1 Copyright © 2014 LHA. All rights reserved.
1 Copyright 2014 Joe McIlvain. All rights reserved.
1 Copyright 2014 - All Rights Reserved
1 copyright 2014
1 Copyright 2013 Joe McIlvain. MIT Licensed.
1 Copyright 2013 AgileWings
1 Copyright 2013-2015 Joe McIlvain. All rights reserved.
1 Copyright 2011-2012, Boundary. Apache License, Version 2.0
1 copyleft
1 Commercial Proprietary
1 Comcast
1 cocot
1 Closed Source: Proprietary
1 Closed
1 chungphuoc
1 CHILKAT
1 CeCILL-B
1 CDDL-1.0
1 cc-zero
1 CCPL
1 CC-BY-SA 4.0 Itnl.
1 CC-BY-SA-4.0
1 CC BY SA 4.0
1 CC-by-sa 4.0
1 CC-BY-SA-3.0
1 CC BY-SA 2.1 JP
1 CC BY-ND 3.0
1 CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
1 CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0
1 CC BY-NC-SA
1 CC BY-NC 4.0
1 CC BY-NC 3.0
1 CC-BY 4.0
1 CC-BY-3.0
1 CC BY 2.1 JP
1 CC-BY 2.0
1 CC-BY
1 CC BY
1 CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
1 CC Attribution Non-Commercial
1 CC0 1.0
1 (c)2013 Don Cruse
1 BSL-1.0
1 BSD version 2
1 BSD Simplified
1 BSD or AFL
1 BSD-new
1 BSD + MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
1 BSD/MIT
1 BSD and MIT
1 BSD-3-Cluase
1 BSD-3-CLAUSE
1 BSD-3 Clause
1 BSD 3 clause
1 BSD 2-Clause License
1 BSD 2-Clause license
1 BSD 2 Clause
1 BSD (2-Clause)
1 Boost Software License - Version 1.0
1 BOB
1 Big Boss Man
1 BFD
1 Beerware v42
1 BEERWARE
1 BeerWare
1 beerware
1 BEER
1 BAT
1 Azure License
1 AV
1 AutoItX license
1 Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
1 ASL v2
1 AS IS
1 ASF 2.0
1 Artistic License
1 artistic 2.0
1 Arslan
1 App Orchard
1 Apache, Version 2.0
1 Apache Version 2.0
1 Apache Version 2
1 ApacheV2
1 Apache v.2
1 Apache Style
1 Apache Public License 2.0
1 Apache Lisence version 2.0
1 Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004
1 Apache License Version 2.0.
1 Apache License, version 2.
1 Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
1 APACHE-LICENSE-2.0
1 APACHE LICENSE 2.0
1 Apache license
1 Apache Licence v2
1 Apache 2.0 License
1 APACHE2_0
1 APACHE-2.0
1 'Apache-2.0'
1 apache-2.0
1 Anyone can use this for whatever, I don't care.
1 AnEstuary
1 ANDELA
1 Amazon Software License
1 All rights reserved, Stanford University.
1 All rights reserved, for now
1 All rights reserved
1 All right reserved.
1 all of them
1 Alan Corp
1 AGPL V3.0
1 AGPL v3
1 AGPL 3.0 - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
1 agpl-3.0
1 AFL-3.0
1 AER
1 AdminZ
1 AdamWhitcroft
1 AD
1 Academic Free License (AFL) v. 3.0
1 ©45h
1 3 clauses BSD
1 2-clause BSD-Style
1 2-clause BSD-style
1 © 2015 Omnipaste
1 2.0
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