Cryptix General License
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The Cryptix General License is in use by the Cryptix project, well known for their Java Cryptography Extension
. It is a modified version of the BSD license, with similarly liberal terms. The Free Software Foundation
states that it is a permissive free software license
compatible with the GNU General Public License
.
Java Cryptography Extension
The Java Cryptography Extension is an officially released Standard Extension to the Java Platform. JCE provides a framework and implementation for encryption, key generation and key agreement, and Message Authentication Code algorithms...
. It is a modified version of the BSD license, with similarly liberal terms. The Free Software Foundation
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, a copyleft-based movement which aims to promote the universal freedom to create, distribute and modify computer software...
states that it is a permissive free software license
Permissive free software licence
A permissive free software licence is a class of free software licence with minimal requirements about how the software can be redistributed. This is in contrast to copyleft licences, which have reciprocity / share-alike requirements. Both sets of free software licences offer the same freedoms in...
compatible with the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
.