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1 -* **Ownership**: You own the code you write, or you gained ownership either through employment contract or CLA.
1 +* **Ownership**: You own the code you write, or you have obtained ownership either through an employment contract or a CLA.
2 2  * **License**: A software license defines the legal terms under which the software and its source code may be used. A code owner can choose the license for his software and change it at any time.
3 3  * **License Types**:
4 4   * Open source licenses grant users four essential freedoms: the freedom to use the code for any purpose, the freedom to study it, the freedom to modify it, and the freedom to redistribute it. Proprietary licenses violate at least one of these four freedoms.
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9 9   * **Cloud**: Is proprietary, but more like open source. Prevents cloud providers from using their product commercially in order to maximize revenue. Also includes an open source release delay. The BSL has a 4 year delay while the FSL only has a 2 year delay.
10 10   * **Open Source**
11 11   * **Permissive**: Allow reuse in other projects, even proprietary products, with no big strings attached like MIT, or even a public domain license, with no strings attached at all like the 0BSD license.
12 - * **Copyleft**: All derivative works must have the same license to remain open source. Source code must be made available to all users of the software.
12 + * **Copyleft**: All derivative works must have the same license to remain open source. The source code must be made available to all users of the software.
13 13  * **Revenue**: Proprietary software is less attractive to users because of its risks, but easier to make money with. With open source, the situation is reversed.
14 14  * **Revenue Models**
15 - * **Proprietary**: All code is proprietary. User must unlock the software through a purchased product key.
15 + * **Full Proprietary**: All code is proprietary. The user must unlock the software with a purchased product key.
16 16   * **Pure Open Source**: Realized either by paying directly for open source development or by providing services around an open source product.
17 17   * **Open Core**: Combines the strengths of proprietary and open source models.
18 18   * **Proprietary Edition Model**: An open source community edition and a proprietary closed source enterprise edition.
19 19   * **Proprietary Extension Model**: A pure open source platform on which proprietary extensions can be loaded.
20 - * **Cloud Licenses** can be an additional way to generate revenue from the community edition while staying committed to open source.
20 + * **Cloud Licenses** can be an additional way to generate revenue from the community edition while remaining committed to open source.
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22 22  ### License Overview
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