Apple Public Source License 2.0

History

This license model has 2 versions. Version 2 is the one served today; every earlier version keeps its own address, so a conclusion drawn from one of them can still be checked against it.

1. Version 2 current2026-09-24 Giray Havur

   The content review of 2026-09-15 removed 1 prohibition and recorded the review state. Later changes brought it in line with its family and its text in the verification of 2026-09-15, recorded which sentence of the text each statement rests on and named the license the record itself is published under.

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   18 changes

   • added dalicc:reviewStatus dalicc:Reviewed

     Review state Every record records how far it has come in the editorial workflow and when it was last checked against the legal text.

   • added dalicc:reviewedOn "2026-09-15"^^xsd:date

     Review state Every record records how far it has come in the editorial workflow and when it was last checked against the legal text.

   • removed prohibition cc:ShareAlike

     Review finding Section 2.2(c) states: "Source Code of Your Externally Deployed Modifications must be released under the terms set forth in this License". The record prohibited cc:ShareAlike. Removed.

   • added dalicc:LiabilityLimitation "TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LICENSE OR YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE COVERED CODE, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WHETHER UNDER A THEORY OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCTS LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF APPLE OR SUCH CONTRIBUTOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. In no event shall Apple's total liability to You for all damages (other than as may be required by applicable law) under this License exceed the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00)."

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • changed dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer "THE COVERED CODE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY, UPGRADES OR SUPPORT OF ANY KIND AND APPLE AND APPLE'S LICENSOR(S) (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS \"APPLE\" FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 8 AND 9) AND ALL CONTRIBUTORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OF ACCURACY, OF QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS."

     was dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer "TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LICENSE OR YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE COVERED CODE, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WHETHER UNDER A THEORY OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCTS LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF APPLE OR SUCH CONTRIBUTOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. In no event shall Apple's total liability to You for all damages (other than as may be required by applicable law) under this License exceed the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00)."

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • added permission dalicc:ChangeLicense

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • added permission dalicc:patentGrant

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • changed permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:ShareAlike]

     was permission odrl:derive

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • changed permission odrl:distribute with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode]

     was permission odrl:distribute with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, cc:SourceCode]

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • changed permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:ShareAlike, dalicc:modificationNotice]

     was permission odrl:modify with duties [dalicc:modificationNotice]

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • removed prohibition dalicc:addStatement

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • added prohibition dalicc:patentRetaliationTermination

     Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and 12.1(c) is a retaliation clause, it prohibited dalicc:addStatement without support, it modelled no reciprocity although 2.2(c) requires the Source Code of Externally Deployed Modifications to be 'released under the terms set forth in this License', and dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer held section 9, the limitation of liability, while section 8, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent.

   • changed permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode]

     was permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:ShareAlike]

     Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: sections 2.1 and 2.2 require the Source Code of every Modification and of every Covered Code that is deployed to be made available, so the source duty belongs on odrl:modify and odrl:derive as well as on odrl:distribute, which is where APSL-1.0, APSL-1.1 and APSL-1.2 carry it.

   • changed permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode, dalicc:modificationNotice]

     was permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:ShareAlike, dalicc:modificationNotice]

     Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: sections 2.1 and 2.2 require the Source Code of every Modification and of every Covered Code that is deployed to be made available, so the source duty belongs on odrl:modify and odrl:derive as well as on odrl:distribute, which is where APSL-1.0, APSL-1.1 and APSL-1.2 carry it.

   • changed permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode]

     was permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode]

     Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "Source Code of Your Externally Deployed Modifications must be released under the terms set forth in this License, including the license grants set forth in Section 3 below, for as long as you Externally Deploy the Covered Code or twelve (12) months from the date of initial External Deployment, whichever is longer."

   • changed permission odrl:distribute with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode]

     was permission odrl:distribute with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode]

     Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "Source Code of Your Externally Deployed Modifications must be released under the terms set forth in this License, including the license grants set forth in Section 3 below, for as long as you Externally Deploy the Covered Code or twelve (12) months from the date of initial External Deployment, whichever is longer."

   • changed permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode, dalicc:modificationNotice]

     was permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:ShareAlike, cc:SourceCode, dalicc:modificationNotice]

     Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "Source Code of Your Externally Deployed Modifications must be released under the terms set forth in this License, including the license grants set forth in Section 3 below, for as long as you Externally Deploy the Covered Code or twelve (12) months from the date of initial External Deployment, whichever is longer."

   • added dct:license <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>

     Manual edit Every record is published under CC BY 4.0. cc:license names the record DALICC keeps of that licence; dct:license now names it by the address Creative Commons publishes it at, so that a consumer matching the canonical IRI finds it.

2. Version 1

   The version this model had before the content review of 2026-09-15.

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Every change names the reason behind it: a finding of the content review, one of its library-wide decisions, the metadata that review wrote onto every record, or a hand edit. None of it is legal advice.