.. index:: licenses, MDAO

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Licenses
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OpenMDAO is being released under the Apache License, Version 2.0, which has been approved by the Open Source Initiative
:term:`OSI`). The text of this license can be found `here <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>`_.

The following table provides a list of the distributions that are currently being used by
the OpenMDAO framework as well as the version, type of license, and a link for obtaining
more information for each distribution. 

.. note::  
 
   The links in the table that follows are generated from each distribution's metadata, so in some cases, a link
   may be out of date and you might be redirected to another URL.


.. include:: licenses_table.txt


Links to the OS licenses mentioned above:
 *  `OSI Approved, BSD <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php>`_ 
 *  `CeCILL-C <http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-C_V1-en.html>`_
 *  `OSI Approved, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php>`_    
 *  `OSI Approved, MIT <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>`_ 
 *  `Python  2.2.1 <http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.1.1/license/>`_ 
 *  `OSI Approved, Python Software Foundation (PSF) <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/PythonSoftFoundation.php>`_ 
 *  `OSI Approved, Zope Public License (ZPL) <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/zpl.php>`_