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Software License

Software License: A legal document governing how software and source code can be used, distributed, modified, inspected and repurposed.

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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.

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