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Thursday
May262011

What's the Top Open Source License?

OpenLogic released the top Open Source License Top Five based on downloads from it's site which aggregates nearly 330,000 Open Source Projects.  While only having one application in the top five downloads, Apache Tomcat, the Apache license was number one.  The article we found on Internetnews.com  said, "According to OpenLogic, measured by downloads the top open source license is the Apache License at 32.7 percent. The LGPL came in second at 21.0 percent and GPL is third at 14.4 percent."  Check out the article if you are interested in the rest of the numbers.

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