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Markdown License Badges for your Project

Markdown License badges

Collection of License badges for your Project's README file.
This list includes the most common open source and open data licenses.
Easily copy and paste the code under the badges into your Markdown files.

Notes

  • The badges do not fully replace the license informations for your projects, they are only emblems for the README, that the user can see the License at first glance.

Translations: (No guarantee that the translations are up-to-date)

Further informations:

  • Badges are made with Shields.io.
  • Github has a new autodetection for LICENSE files, which shows the license at the repo overview
  • Shields.io has autogenerated license badges: https://img.shields.io/github/license/<Github-Username>/<Repository>
  • Really nice: https://choosealicense.com/ (if you are unsure, which license to choose)

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Apache

Apache 2.0 License

License
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache_2.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)

Boost

Boost Software License 1.0

License
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Boost_1.0-lightblue.svg)](https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

BSD

BSD 3-Clause License

License
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD_3--Clause-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)

BSD 2-Clause License

License
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD_2--Clause-orange.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)

Creative Commons

Choose on CreativeCommons.org

CC0

License: CC0-1.0
[![License: CC0-1.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/zero/1.0/80x15.png)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

License: CC0-1.0

[![License: CC0-1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC0_1.0-lightgrey.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Attribution 4.0 International

License: CC BY 4.0
[![License: CC BY 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

License: CC BY 4.0
[![License: CC BY 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC_BY_4.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

License: CC BY-SA 4.0
[![License: CC BY-SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

License: CC BY-SA 4.0
[![License: CC BY-SA 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC_BY--SA_4.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

License: CC BY-NC 4.0
[![License: CC BY-NC 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

License: CC BY-NC 4.0
[![License: CC BY-NC 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC_BY--NC_4.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

Attribution-NoDerivates 4.0 International

License: CC BY-ND 4.0
[![License: CC BY-ND 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nd/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)

License: CC BY-ND 4.0
[![License: CC BY-ND 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC_BY--ND_4.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)

Attribution-NonCommmercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
[![License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
[![License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC_BY--NC--SA_4.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
[![License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
[![License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC_BY--NC--ND_4.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Eclipse

Eclipse Public License 1.0

License
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-EPL_1.0-red.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/EPL-1.0)

GNU

GNU GPL v3

License: GPL v3
[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)

GNU GPL v2

License: GPL v2
[![License: GPL v2](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL_v2-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html)

GNU AGPL v3

License: AGPL v3
[![License: AGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-AGPL_v3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0)

GNU LGPL v3

License: LGPL v3
[![License: LGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-LGPL_v3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0)

GNU FDL v1.3

License: FDL 1.3
[![License: FDL 1.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-FDL_v1.3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3)

The Organization for Ethical Source

The Hippocratic License 2.1

License: Hippocratic 2.1 [![License: Hippocratic 2.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Hippocratic_2.1-lightgrey.svg)](https://firstdonoharm.dev)

The Hippocratic License 3.0

License: Hippocratic 3.0 [![License: Hippocratic 3.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Hippocratic_3.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://firstdonoharm.dev)

IBM

IBM Public License Version 1.0

License: IPL 1.0
[![License: IPL 1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-IPL_1.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/IPL-1.0)

ISC

ISC License (ISC)

License: ICL
[![License: ISC](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-ISC-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/ISC)

MIT

The MIT License

License: MIT
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Mozilla

Mozilla Public License 2.0

License: MPL 2.0
[![License: MPL 2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MPL_2.0-brightgreen.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MPL-2.0)

Open Data Commons

Attribution License (BY)

License: Open Data Commons Attribution
[![License: Open Data Commons Attribution](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-ODC_BY-brightgreen.svg)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/)

Open Database License (ODbL)

License: ODbL
[![License: ODbL](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-ODbL-brightgreen.svg)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/)

Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)

License: ODbL
[![License: ODbL](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-PDDL-brightgreen.svg)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/)

Perl

The Perl License

License: Artistic-2.0
[![License: Artistic-2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Perl-0298c3.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0)

The Artistic License 2.0

License: Artistic-2.0
[![License: Artistic-2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Artistic_2.0-0298c3.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0)

SIL

SIL Open Font License 1.1

License: Open Font-1.1
[![License: Open Font-1.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-OFL_1.1-lightgreen.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/OFL-1.1)

Unlicense

The Unlicense

License: Unlicense
[![License: Unlicense](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Unlicense-blue.svg)](http://unlicense.org/)

WTFPL

The Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License

License: WTFPL
[![License: WTFPL](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-WTFPL-brightgreen.svg)](http://www.wtfpl.net/about/)

Zlib

The zlib/libpng License

License: Zlib
[![License: Zlib](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Zlib-lightgrey.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib)

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