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2026

Archived version 1 of 2. This is how the model read before it was corrected. It is shown read only. The current version is here.

Apple Sample Code License

Also known as Apple Sample Source Code License, Apple-Sample-Code-License, apple-ascl, apple-sscl.

Commercial use
allowed
Share alike
not required
Attribution
required (keep the copyright and license notices)
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Canonical URI https://dalicc.net/licenselibrary/Apple-Sample-Code-License

Permissions

  • Change license from the text Replacing the license of the work, or of an adaptation, with another license, or changing its terms.

    Duties

    • Use a compliant license from the text Choosing a replacement license that stays compliant with the terms of the original license.
  • Commercial use from the text Using the work to generate income, directly or indirectly, for example by selling it or by using it in advertising.
  • Derivative works from the text Distributing an adaptation of the work and making it available to the public.
  • Derive from the text Creating a new work from the work, such as a translation, adaptation or arrangement of it or of a part of it.

    Duties

    • Modification notice from the text Marking a changed work as changed, saying how it differs from the original and keeping earlier notices of change.
    • Rename from the text Giving a modified or derived work a name that tells it apart from the original.
  • Distribute from the text Providing copies of the work to the public or to anyone else.

    Duties

    • Attribution from the text Giving credit to the copyright holders or authors of the work, in the form the licensor asks for.
    • Modification notice from the text Marking a changed work as changed, saying how it differs from the original and keeping earlier notices of change.
    • Rename from the text Giving a modified or derived work a name that tells it apart from the original.
  • Modified works from the text Distributing a modified version of the work that does not amount to a new, derivative work.
  • Modify from the text Altering the work, for example by updating it, without creating a new work; an alteration that creates a new work is Derive.

    Duties

    • Modification notice from the text Marking a changed work as changed, saying how it differs from the original and keeping earlier notices of change.
    • Rename from the text Giving a modified or derived work a name that tells it apart from the original.
  • Reproduce from the text Making copies of the work in any form.

Prohibitions

This license states no prohibitions.

License-wide duties

This license states no duties that apply to the work as a whole.

Clauses

Warranty disclaimer

This Apple sample source code has been provided "AS IS" and the responsibility for its operation is yours.

Additional clauses

You may incorporate this Apple sample source code into your program(s) without restriction.

Info

Target asset types
Software
Region / jurisdiction
Worldwide
Validity
Perpetual
Source
https://developer.apple.com/support/downloads/terms/apple-sample-code/Apple-Sample-Code-License.pdf
Legal code
https://scancode-licensedb.aboutcode.org/apple-sscl.LICENSE
This description is published under
https://dalicc.net/licenselibrary/CC-BY-4.0
Publisher
Apple Inc.
SPDX identifier
apple-ascl (provisional, the record declares none)
DALICC identifier
Apple-Sample-Code-License

This record is published under CC BY 4.0. Credit it as: DALICC License Library, DALICC - Verein zur Förderung der Rechtssicherheit in der Datenbewirtschaftung, https://dalicc.net, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The license it describes belongs to its publisher.

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 changes since version 1 recorded which sentence of the text each statement rests on and named the license the record itself is published under.

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    5 changes

    • changed permission dalicc:ChangeLicense with duties [dalicc:compliantLicense]

      was permission dalicc:ChangeLicense with duties [dalicc:compliantLicense]

      Manual edit The statement is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing: the text does not state it in as many words. Its duty dalicc:compliantLicense is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing.

    • changed permission odrl:derive with duties [dalicc:modificationNotice, dalicc:rename]

      was permission odrl:derive with duties [dalicc:modificationNotice, dalicc:rename]

      Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "If you're going to re-distribute the source, we require that you make it clear in the source that the code was descended from Apple sample source code, but that you've made changes."

    • changed permission odrl:distribute with duties [cc:Attribution, dalicc:modificationNotice, dalicc:rename]

      was permission odrl:distribute with duties [cc:Attribution, dalicc:modificationNotice, dalicc:rename]

      Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "If you're going to re-distribute the source, we require that you make it clear in the source that the code was descended from Apple sample source code, but that you've made changes."

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

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

      Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "If you're going to re-distribute the source, we require that you make it clear in the source that the code was descended from Apple sample source code, but that you've made changes."

    • 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

    Created from the license text on 2026-09-22 (Model licences).

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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.

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