http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Software/Open_Source/Licenses An Open Source License, in general, refers to software is distributed with source code, that the user is free to read and modify the source code, and to redistribute the software under the same conditions that it was received. Licenses Licenses Computers/Open_Source/Licenses © 2004-2008, Douglas W. Clifton, loadaveragezero.com, all rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-US doug@loadaveagezero.com (Douglas W. 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