BSL

See also: BSl. and bsł.

English

Proper noun

BSL

1. Initialism of British Sign Language.
2. (software, copyright law) Initialism of Business Source License.
   • 2022 September 8, Paul Kunert, quoting Jonas Bonér, “Open source biz sick of FOSS community exploitation overhauls software rights”, in The Register‎^[1]:

     The BSL is a ‘Source Available’ license that freely allows using the code for development and other non-production work such as testing. Production use of the software requires a commercial license from Lightbend.

Noun

BSL (uncountable)

1. Acronym of breed-specific legislation.
2. Initialism of biosafety level.
   • 2022 July 15, Carl Zimmer, “Bat Virus Studies Raise Questions About Laboratory Tinkering”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The scientists then carried out their experiments at the same level of security as their other work with the coronaviruses, known as Biosafety Level 3, or BSL-3.

Anagrams

• B.L.S., BLS, LBs, LSB, LαBs, lbs, lbs.