Different types of projects may favor different kinds of open source licenses. You may want to check with others in your department or field of study to find out what types are commonly used. If you are planning to release software into an existing collaborative project, you may find that a license has already been chosen. If this is the case, it is a good idea to check with the OTL before committing to the project. The OTL can work with you to help you choose an appropriate open source license and provide you with an example of the open source license document. Some licenses that are commonly used at UCB include open source licenses such as the BSD license, the General Public License (GPL), the Lesser General Public License (LGPL), the Artistic License, and the MIT License. More information about these and other open source licenses is available from the Open Source Initiative web site at https://opensource.org/licenses. Another license commonly used at Berkeley was developed by the UC legal office and is colloquially known as the academic license. Many authors wish to release source code freely for academic and not-for-profit use while retaining the option of realizing some revenue from licensing for commercial use. The academic license is well-suited for this: it provides academic and not-for-profit licensees to freely use and modify the code for their internal use, and refers commercial inquiries to the OTL. The academic license is available.