Introduction

The BSD License is one of the most flexible licenses among the open source licenses.  It gives a broad range of rights and flexibilities to a person receiving any software under the license. The conditions imposed for exercising such rights license are minimal when compared to other licenses. 

Rights

The license gives a person the right to redistribute and use a software governed by it. The license allows a person to modify and distribute the modified software in any form.

Distribution

As per the license, any person may distribute a software governed by the license or a modified form of the software in either source or object form. Any distribution of the software should be accompanied with copyright notice provided in the agreement. If the distribution is done in binary form, the notice should be present in the documentation and other materials provided with the software.

The license states that the software should always be distributed along with a disclaimer of warranty and liability provided in the license. The disclaimer states that the author or owner of the software who makes the software available under the license does not provide any express or implied warranty relating to the software. It further provides that the author or owner will not be liable for any loss or damage resulting out of  use of the software.

Use of name

The agreement provides that a person receiving a software under the BSD license is not allowed to use the name of the organisation or contributor for promotion or any other commercial purpose without taking permission from such organisation or contributor.