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A legal document governing how software and source code can be used, distributed, modified, inspected and repurposed. Software licenses are usually located alongside a piece of source code, and almost all pieces of software have a well defined license.
Also known aslicense agreement · EULA · end-user license agreement · source code license · software EULA · SW license
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A legal document governing how software and source code can be used, distributed, modified, inspected and repurposed. Software licenses are usually located alongside a piece of source code, and almost all pieces of software have a well defined license.
Open Source Voting in San Francisco · 2024
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Software License. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/software-license
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