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Plain language rewrites of popular licenses — clear, accurate, and free to use.
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Browse our library of popular licenses, organized by family — public domain, permissive, copyleft, or source-available.
Read the plain version
Each license is rewritten at an 8th-grade reading level. No legal jargon, no confusion — just clear rights and responsibilities.
Use it in your project
Download in any format, copy the attribution template, and you're done. The original license still applies — we just make it understandable.
Why plain language?
8th-grade reading level
The average American reads at an 8th-grade level. Most licenses require a college education. We bridge that gap.
Legally grounded
Every plain license falls back to its original. You get clarity without sacrificing legal standing.
Free and open
All our work is public domain. Use it, share it, build on it — no strings attached.
Community driven
Writers, lawyers, and developers collaborate to make every license clear, accurate, and accessible.