Open source licenses are licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition; in short, they allow software to be freely used, modified, and shared. To be approved by the Open Source Initiative (also known as the OSI), a license must go through the Open Source Initiative's license review process.
Go to the Open Source Initiative's Open Source Licenses list as a starting point for your research and read about the various types of licenses used with Linux.
In your discussion post:
Provide an overview of two different licenses used in Linux. In layman's terms, describe what the licenses says or allows. You may need to research other sources to see how others have defined these licensing terms, but if you choose to use other sources, make sure to cite any sources you use in APA format and include the link.
If you notice that your peers have not covered a specific license, please use this as a place to begin your research. As a class, we should be able to cover all of the popular Open Source licenses through everyone's contributions to the discussion forum.