Markdown License Badges for your Project

license-badges.md

Markdown License badges

Collection of License badges for your Project's README file.
This list includes the most common open source and open data licenses.
Easily copy and paste the code under the badges into your Markdown files.

Notes

• Badges are made with Shields.io.
• This badges do not fully replace the license informations for your projects, they are only emblems for the README, that the user can see the License at first glance.  
• 🇫🇷 Cette liste en français
• 🇨🇳🇹🇼 这个中文名单
• 🇧🇷🇵🇹 Esta lista em Português
• 🇩🇪🍺 Diese Liste auf Deutsch
• Github has a new autodetection of the LICENSE file, which shows up the license at the repo overview
• Really nice: https://choosealicense.com/

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Apache

Apache 2.0 License

[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)

BSD

BSD 3-Clause License

[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD%203--Clause-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)

BSD 2-Clause License

[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD%202--Clause-orange.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)

Creative Commons

Choose on CreativeCommons.org

CC0

[![License: CC0-1.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/zero/1.0/80x15.png)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

[![License: CC0-1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC0%201.0-lightgrey.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Attribution 4.0 International

[![License: CC BY 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

[![License: CC BY 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

[![License: CC BY-SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

[![License: CC BY-SA 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

[![License: CC BY-NC 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

[![License: CC BY-NC 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC%204.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

Attribution-NoDerivates 4.0 International

[![License: CC BY-ND 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nd/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)

[![License: CC BY-ND 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--ND%204.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)

Attribution-NonCommmercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

[![License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)

[![License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

[![License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

[![License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC--ND%204.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Eclipse

Eclipse Public License 1.0

[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-EPL%201.0-red.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/EPL-1.0)

GNU

GNU GPL v3

[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)

GNU GPL v2

[![License: GPL v2](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v2-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html)

GNU AGPL v3

[![License: AGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-AGPL%20v3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0)

GNU LGPL v3

[![License: LGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-LGPL%20v3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0)

GNU FDL v1.3

[![License: FDL 1.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-FDL%20v1.3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3)

IBM

IBM Public License Version 1.0

[![License: IPL 1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-IPL%201.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/IPL-1.0)

MIT

The MIT License

[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Mozilla

Mozilla Public License 2.0

[![License: MPL 2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MPL%202.0-brightgreen.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MPL-2.0)

Open Data Commons

Attribution License (BY)

[![License: Open Data Commons Attribution](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-ODC_BY-brightgreen.svg)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/)

Open Database License (ODbL)

[![License: ODbL](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-ODbL-brightgreen.svg)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/)

Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)

[![License: ODbL](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-PDDL-brightgreen.svg)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/)

Perl

The Perl License

[![License: Artistic-2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Perl-0298c3.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0)

The Artistic License 2.0

[![License: Artistic-2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Artistic%202.0-0298c3.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0)

Unlicense

The Unlicense

[![License: Unlicense](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Unlicense-blue.svg)](http://unlicense.org/)

Zlib

The zlib/libpng License

[![License: Zlib](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Zlib-lightgrey.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib)