free license
Carte blanche granted
Free license is permission to act without restriction, especially in ways that might otherwise be constrained by rules or expectations.
Artists take free license with historical facts.
Someone given free license to speak their mind may say things others find uncomfortable.
The phrase often implies boundaries have been loosened or removed entirely: The director was given free license to realize his vision.
- open sourcePublicly accessible code
- source codeProgramming instructions before compilation
- creative commonsShared works anyone uses
- public domainUnprotected creative works
- copyleftMandatory openness inheritance clause
GPL · MIT · unrestricted · no strings attached · freeware · permissive · fair use · attribution · give credit · redistribute · modify · download · copy · share · commons · unlicensed · no cost · liberated
free licenserestricted license
Permit with legal conditions
conditional approval · provisional license · probationary license
free licensecommercial license
Authorization for commercial activity
all rights reserved · subscription model · copyrighted · shareware
free licenserestraint
Control over impulses
discipline · self-control · prohibition · constraint · censorship
free, license, freely, freedom, freeing, freed, freer, freest, freelance