Licensing/Metasploit Framework License

Fedora Notes

There are two versions of this license.

1) Up to 2006, Metasploit was under a non-free license, originally found at: http://metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/documentation/LICENSE but that URL is gone. A copy of that version from archive.org has been preserved here for reference.

2) At some point in 2006, Metasploit's Framework License switched to 3-clause BSD, which is Free and GPL-compatible. It is noteworthy that the license text also tracks and includes the licensing for all of the bundled components within Metasploit. A copy of this license was taken from https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/LICENSE on May 9, 2014.

Revised License Text

Copyright: 2006-2014, Rapid7, Inc.
License: BSD-3-clause

# The Metasploit Framework is provided under the 3-clause BSD license provided
# at the end of this file.
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# The copyright on this package is held by Rapid7, Inc.
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# This license does not apply to third-party components detailed below.
#
# Last updated: 2013-Nov-04
#

Files: data/templates/to_mem_pshreflection.ps1.template
Copyright: 2012, Matthew Graeber
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: data/john/*
Copyright: 1996-2011 Solar Designer.
License: GPL-2

Files: external/pcaprub/*
Copyright: 2007-2008, Alastair Houghton
License: LGPL-2.1

Files: external/ruby-kissfft/*
Copyright: 2003-2010 Mark Borgerding
2009-2012 H D Moore <hdm[at]rapid7.com>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: external/ruby-lorcon/*
Copyright: 2005, dragorn and Joshua Wright
License: LGPL-2.1

Files: external/source/byakugan/*
Copyright: Lurene Grenier, 2009
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: external/source/ipwn/*
Copyright: 2004-2005 vlad902 <vlad902 [at] gmail.com>
2007 H D Moore <hdm [at] metasploit.com>
License: GPL-2 and Artistic

Files: external/source/ReflectiveDLLInjection/*
Copyright: 2011, Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security (www.harmonysecurity.com)
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: external/source/metsvc/*
Copyright: 2007, Determina Inc.
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: external/source/tightvnc/*
Copyright: 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
2000 Tridia Corp.
2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd.
2001-2004 HorizonLive.com, Inc.
2000-2007 Constantin Kaplinsky
2000-2009 TightVNC Group
License: GPL-2

Files: external/source/unixasm/*
Copyright: 2004-2008 Ramon de Carvalho Valle <ramon@risesecurity.org>
License: BSD-4-clause

Files: external/source/vncdll/winvnc/*
Copyright: 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
2000 Tridia Corp.
2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd.
2001-2004 HorizonLive.com, Inc.
2000-2006 Constantin Kaplinsky.
2000-2009 TightVNC Group
License: GPL-2

Files: lib/anemone.rb lib/anemone/*
Copyright: 2009 Vertive, Inc.
License: MIT

Files: lib/bit-struct.rb lib/bit-struct/*
Copyright: 2005-2009, Joel VanderWerf
License: Ruby

Files: lib/fastlib.rb
Copyright: 2011, Rapid7, Inc.
License: Ruby

Files: lib/metasm.rb lib/metasm/* data/cpuinfo/*
Copyright: 2006-2010 Yoann GUILLOT
License: LGPL-2.1

Files: lib/nessus/*
Copyright: Vlatoko Kosturjak
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: lib/net/dns.rb lib/net/dns/*
Copyright: 2006 Marco Ceresa
License: Ruby

Files: lib/net/ssh.rb lib/net/ssh/*
Copyright: 2008 Jamis Buck <jamis@37signals.com>
License: MIT

Files: lib/packetfu.rb lib/packetfu/*
Copyright: 2008-2012 Tod Beardsley
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: lib/postgres_msf.rb lib/postgres/postgres-pr/message.rb lib/postgres/postgres-pr/connection.rb
Copyright: 2005 Michael Neumann
License: BSD-3-clause or Ruby

Files: lib/openvas/*
Copyright: No copyright statement provided
License: MIT

Files: lib/rabal/*
Copyright: Jeremy Hinegadner <jeremy at hinegardner dot org>
License: Ruby

Files: lib/rbmysql.rb lib/rbmysql/*
Copyright: 2009 tommy
License: Ruby

Files: lib/rbreadline.rb
Copyright: 2009 Park Heesob
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: lib/rkelly/*
Copyright: 2007, 2008, 2009 Aaron Patternson, John Barnette
License: MIT

Files: lib/snmp.rb lib/snmp/*
Copyright: 2004, David R. Halliday
License: Ruby

Files: lib/sshkey.rb lib/sshkey/*
Copyright: 2011 James Miller
License: MIT

Files: lib/windows_console_color_support.rb
Copyright: 2011 Michael 'mihi' Schierl
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: lib/zip.rb lib/zip/*
Copyright: 2002-2004, Thomas Sandergaard
License: Ruby

Files: modules/payloads/singles/windows/speak_pwned.rb
Copyright: 2009-2010 Berend-Jan "SkyLined" Wever <berendjanwever@gmail.com>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: data/webcam/api.js
Copyright: Copyright 2013 Muaz Khan<@muazkh>.
License: MIT

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Files: activemodel
Copyright: 2004-2011 David Heinemeier Hansson
License: MIT

Files: activerecord
Copyright: 2004-2011 David Heinemeier Hansson
License: MIT

Files: activesupport
Copyright: 2005-2011 David Heinemeier Hansson
License: MIT

Files: arel
Copyright: 2007-2010 Nick Kallen, Bryan Helmkamp, Emilio Tagua, Aaron Patterson
License: MIT

Files: bcrypt
Copyright: 2007-2011 Coda Hale
License: MIT

Files: builder
Copyright: 2003-2012 Jim Weirich (jim.weirich@gmail.com)
License: MIT

Files: database_cleaner
Copyright: 2009 Ben Mabey
License: MIT

Files: diff-lcs
Copyright: 2004-2011 Austin Ziegler
License: MIT

Files: factory_girl
Copyright: 2008-2013 Joe Ferris and thoughtbot, inc.
License: MIT

Files: fivemat
Copyright: 2012 Tim Pope
License: MIT

Files: i18n
Copyright: 2008 The Ruby I18n team
License: MIT

Files: json
Copyright: Daniel Luz <dev at mernen dot com>
License: Ruby

Files: metasploit_data_models
Copyright: 2012 Rapid7, Inc.
License: MIT

Files: mini_portile
Copyright: 2011 Luis Lavena
License: MIT

Files: msgpack
Copyright: Austin Ziegler
License: Ruby

Files: multi_json
Copyright: 2010 Michael Bleigh, Josh Kalderimis, Erik Michaels-Ober, and Intridea, Inc.
License: MIT

Files: network_interface
Copyright: 2012, Rapid7, Inc.
License: MIT

Files: nokogiri
Copyright: 2008 - 2012 Aaron Patterson, Mike Dalessio, Charles Nutter, Sergio Arbeo, Patrick Mahoney, Yoko Harada
License: MIT

Files: shoulda-matchers
Copyright: 2006-2013, Tammer Saleh, thoughtbot, inc.
License: MIT

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