License Overview
AnushOS is built from open source components whose original licenses are fully respected and preserved.
📦 Third-Party Software
Most software in AnushOS — including the Linux kernel, GNU toolchain, and core utilities — are licensed under various open source licenses, such as:
- GNU General Public License (GPL)
- GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
- MIT License
- BSD Licenses
- Apache License 2.0
We DO NOT claim copyright or trademark to any of them. All licenses must be respected for the packages that are installed and available. It is your responsibility to check all licenses before installing or using any software on AnushOS. License info can be found through apt by running apt info packagename. Where not shown, you can also check on our website here under Packages where all packages and licenses will be shown.
🛠️ AnushOS Original Code
The original code written specifically for AnushOS — including documentation, tools, and system configuration scripts - as well as the fully compiled system and any "derivite works" AnushOS has created — are released into the public domain using The Unlicense.
This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
means.
In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
software under copyright law.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
For more information, please refer to https://unlicense.org
📚 License Compliance
We take license compliance seriously. If you believe we’ve misrepresented or failed to honor a license requirement, please contact us.