Die hier aufgelisteten Lizenzen stammen aus dem Bereich der Freien Software oder geben sich den Anschein, Freie Software zu sein, ohne die Anforderungen der Definition Freier Software oder der Open-Source-Definition zu erfüllen. Einige von ihnen sind nicht-kommerzielle Lizenzen, die im Gegensatz zu Open-Source-Lizenzen die kommerzielle Weiterverbreitung verbieten.
- Aladdin Free Public License (v. 8.0): http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/6.01/Public.htm
- Aladdin Free Public License (v. 9.0): https://web.archive.org/web/20121218095513/http://www.artifex.com:80/downloads/doc/Public.htm
- "Anti 996" License (v. 1.0): https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/blob/master/LICENSE
- AT&T Source Code Agreement (v. 1.2D): http://web.archive.org/web/20050424024245/http://www.research.att.com/sw/license/ast-open.html
- BigScience RAIL License (v. 1.0): https://huggingface.co/spaces/bigscience/license
- Business Source License 1.1: https://mariadb.com/bsl11/
- Chicken Dance License (v. 0.2): https://github.com/supertunaman/cdl/blob/master/COPYING
- Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02: https://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx
- Commons Clause: https://commonsclause.com/
- Confluent Community License (v. 1.0): https://www.confluent.io/confluent-community-license/
- CrossPoint Quelltext Lizenz (alt): http://www.crosspoint.de/oldlicense.html
- Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2): https://www.elastic.co/de/licensing/elastic-license
- Enhydra Public License (v. 1.1): http://ksoap.objectweb.org/software/license/index.html (Einordnung umstritten)
- FSF (Feminist Software Foundation) Public License: https://gitlab.com/femsf/c-plus-equality/-/blob/master/LICENSE.FemSFPL
- Hacktivismo Enhanced-Source Software License Agreement (v. 0.1) (HESSLA): http://www.hacktivismo.com/about/hessla.php
- Jahia Community Source License (JSCL) (v.012): http://www.jahia.org/jahia/Jahia/pid/145
- JasPer Software License (1.0): http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/kenta/jasper-SunOS/jasper-1.700.2/LICENSE
- MCU path license 2018: https://01.org/mcu-path-license-2018
- Microsoft Limited Permissive License (Ms-LPL): https://web.archive.org/web/20070509061152/http://www.microsoft.com:80/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedpermissivelicense.mspx
- Microsoft Limited Public License (Ms-LPL): https://web.archive.org/web/20071223053203/http://microsoft.com:80/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedpubliclicense.mspx
- Microsoft Limited Community License (Ms-LCL): https://web.archive.org/web/20070427113623/http://www.microsoft.com:80/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedcommunitylicense.mspx
- Microsoft Reference License (Ms-RefL): https://web.archive.org/web/20080429223250/http://www.microsoft.com:80/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/referencelicense.mspx
- Microsoft Limited Reciprocal License (Ms-LRL): https://web.archive.org/web/20080406030222/http://www.microsoft.com:80/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedreciprocallicense.mspx
- Nagios Open Software License (v. 1.3): https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/ncpa/blob/master/LICENSE.rst
- Nmap Public Source License Version (v. 0.92): https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/LICENSE
- Open Public License: http://wyatterp.com/opl.html (Einordnung umstritten)
- Open RTLinux Patent License (v. 1.0): http://web.archive.org/web/20010821220004/rtlinux.com/PATENT_LICENSE
- Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for the Java SE Platform Products and JavaFX: https://www.oracle.com/downloads/licenses/binary-code-license.html
- Personal Public License (v. 3a): https://github.com/uboslinux/ubos-admin/blob/master/LICENSE
- PLS Free Software License Agreement (v. 1.0): http://web.archive.org/web/20030603202719/http://www.pls.com/license.htm
- RedHat eCos Public License (v. 1.1): http://ecos.sourceware.org/old-license.html (disputed)
- Scilab license: http://www.worldlii.org/int/other/PubRL/2009/51.html
- Server Side Public License (v. 1.0): https://www.mongodb.com/licensing/server-side-public-license (disputed)
- SGI Free Software License B (v. 1.0): http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/SGIFreeSWLicB.1.0.html (disputed)
- ShippySoft Source Available License (SSSAL): http://www.shippysoft.com/license.shtml
- Squeak License (Apple): https://web.archive.org/web/20150308154920/http://www.squeak.org:80/SqueakLicense
- Sun Microsystems, Inc. Binary Code License Agreement: https://download.java.net/media/jai/builds/release/1_1_3/LICENSE-jai.txt
- Sun Community Source License: http://www.sun.com/software/jini/licensing/SCSL3_JiniTSA1.html
- Sun Solaris Source Code (Foundation Release) License (v. 1.1): http://www.mibsoftware.com/librock/librock/license/ssscfr.txt
- The Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02: http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx
- Truecrypt License v. 3: https://github.com/FreeApophis/TrueCrypt/blob/master/License.txt
- University of Utah Public License: http://www.cs.utah.edu/~gk/teem/txt/LICENSE.txt
- UnRAR License: https://github.com/junrar/junrar/blob/master/LICENSE
- YaST and SuSE Linux license terms: http://ftp2.de.freebsd.org/pub/linux/suse/5.3/i386.de/COPYRIGHT.yast
- YaST und SuSE Linux Lizenzbestimmungen: https://web.archive.org/web/20040407183411/http://www.suse.de/de/private/support/licenses/yast.html
- ZIB Academic License: https://web.archive.org/web/20090408081543/http://www.zib.de:80/Optimization/Software/ziblicense.html
Eine Sammlung skurriler "Bad Licenses findet sich bei https://github.com/ErikMcClure/bad-licenses