| Type | Open source license |
| Covers | Software • Music • Literature • Art |
| Impact | Dominant technology landscape of smaller companies and individual creators |
| Created | Late 20th century |
| Adoption | Widely adopted as standard open source license |
| Creators | International group of programmers and legal scholars |
| Characteristics | Anti-trust provisions • Anti-monopoly provisions • Decentralized • Diverse |
| Alternative timeline | Different from our timeline |
