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The '''BitTorrent Open Source License''', is derived from the [[Jabber]] Open Source License]], which is an [[Open Source Initiative]] (OSI) approved license. TheFormer versions of the [[BitTorrent (software)|BitTorrent client]] (before 6.0) and related pieces of software are licensed under this, asLicense.<ref>{{cite ofweb|url=http://www2.bittorrent.com/legal/bittorrent-open-source-license|title=BitTorrent versionOpen 4.0Source ofLicense the- clientBitTorrent|date=9 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809153637/http://www2.bittorrent.com/legal/bittorrent-open-source-license|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-date=2011-08-09}}</ref>

A noteworthy aspect of the BitTorrent Open Source License is that it does not grant trademark license. The trademark "BitTorrent" is owned by the company BitTorrent Inc. and is governed by the Trademark Use Guidelines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bittorrent.com/trademark.html|title=BitTorrent|date=16 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716194903/http://bittorrent.com/trademark.html|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-date=2006-07-16}}</ref>

=== Open Source claims ===

=== Open Source claims ===

Although the license is derived from an OSI -approved license, this license has nothasn't been approved. Furthermore, the approved version of the Jabber licenselicence is no longer used or recommended for use by its creatorsauthors.<ref name="jabberosilicense">{{cite web

| title = Jabber Open Source License

| url = http://opensource.org/licenses/jabberpl.php

| publisher = [[Open Source Initiative]]

| accessdateaccess-date = 2006-07-05}}</ref>

The [[Free Software Foundation]] considers it to be a free software license, albeit one incompatible with the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref name="fsflist">{{cite web| url=http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses |title=Licenses - Free Software Foundation|website=Fsf.org |access-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110809153637/http://www2.bittorrent.com/legal/bittorrent-open-source-license Official license source hosted on the BitTorrent website]

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080213154112/http://www.bittorrent.com/bittorrent-open-source-license Originally hosted official license source (Internet Archive)]

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* [http://www.bittorrent.com/license.html Official license source]

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