Learn to say popular open-source software license names correctly.
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How is the MIT license (permissive open-source software license) correctly pronounced?
The MIT license is pronounced 'EM-EYE-TEE' — every letter spoken individually, same as the university's abbreviation. In a technical interview: "MIT let us bundle the library into our commercial product with just a single line of attribution."
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How is the Apache license (permissive open-source license from the Apache Software Foundation) correctly pronounced?
The Apache license is pronounced 'uh-PACH-ee' — stress on PACH, the same as the Native American nation's name. In a technical interview: "Apache added an explicit patent grant that the MIT license simply doesn't have."
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How is GPL (GNU General Public License, a strong copyleft open-source license) correctly pronounced?
GPL is pronounced 'JEE-PEE-EL' — every letter spoken individually, G-P-L. In a technical interview: "GPL required any derivative work to be released under the same license, which ruled it out for our closed-source product."
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How is MPL (Mozilla Public License, a weak copyleft open-source license) correctly pronounced?
MPL is pronounced 'EM-PEE-EL' — every letter spoken individually, M-P-L. In a technical interview: "MPL only required us to open-source the files we actually modified, not the whole codebase around them."
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How is BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution license, a family of permissive open-source licenses) correctly pronounced?
BSD is pronounced 'BEE-ES-DEE' — every letter spoken individually, B-S-D. In a technical interview: "BSD let us fork the codebase and ship a closed-source variant, as long as we kept the original copyright notice."