BSL

See also: BSl., bsl, and bsł.

English

Proper noun

BSL

1. Initialism of British Sign Language.
2. (rail transport) The station code of Bhusaval Junction railway station in India.
3. (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.