OWASP Licenses

OWASP and Licensing

The OWASP Foundation uses several licenses to distribute software, documentation, and other materials. Contact us for agreements concerning acceptance of materials from individuals and corporations, such as existing documents or software projects. These licenses help us ensure that OWASP projects are supported longterm, and the materials produced can be easily used and are free and open to everyone.

Licensing of OWASP Software and Documentation
All software, documentation, and other materials produced by The OWASP Foundation or any of its projects is licensed according to one of the approved open source licenses, such as the GNU "Lesser" GNU Public License (LGPL) or the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). All content contained in the OWASP site is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 license. In addition, individuals or organization that become a member have the option of using OWASP Materials under a commercial license that allows modification and internal redistribution. For more details, please see the Membership page. For licensing questions, please contact us at [mailto:owasp@owasp.org owasp@owasp.org]

OWASP Brand Usage Rules
The use of the OWASP Brand is covered by the OWASP brand usage rules.

Contributor License Agreements
OWASP desires that all contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to the OWASP projects complete, sign, and submit (via snailmail or fax) a Contributor License Agreement. The purpose of this agreement is to clearly define the terms under which intellectual property has been contributed to OWASP and thereby allow us to defend the project should there be a legal dispute regarding the software at some future time. All contributions made through the website are covered by the clickthrough license on the account creation page.