European Union Public License 1.2
Also known as EUPL 1.2, EUPL-1.2, European Union Public Licence v. 1.2.
- Commercial use
- allowed
- Share alike
- required
- Attribution
- required (keep the copyright and license notices)
Permissions
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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.
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Charge distribution fee from the text Charging a fee for the act of providing a copy of the work to someone else.
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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.
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Derivative works from the text Distributing an adaptation of the work and making it available to the public.
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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
- 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.
- Notice from the text Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy.
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Duties
- Attribution from the text Giving credit to the copyright holders or authors of the work, in the form the licensor asks for.
- Notice from the text Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy.
- Source code from the text Providing access to the source code of the work with every copy distributed.
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Modified works from the text Distributing a modified version of the work that does not amount to a new, derivative work.
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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
- 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.
- Notice from the text Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy.
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Moral rights non-assertion from the text Waiving, or undertaking not to assert, the moral rights of the author against uses made under the license, so far as the law allows.
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Network use trigger from the text Making the work available over a network, deploying it or providing a service with it.
Duties
- Source code from the text Providing access to the source code of the work with every copy distributed.
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Patent grant from the text Granting a license under the patent claims that a contributor holds and that the contribution necessarily infringes.
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Present from the text Performing the work in public, including by broadcast or other communication to the public.
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Sublicense from the text Granting a third party rights in the work under a license of the licensee's own, rather than passing on the original license.
Prohibitions
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Promote from the text Not permitted: Promote. Using the name or trademarks of the licensor or of contributors to endorse or promote a product.
License-wide duties
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Share alike from the text Adaptations have to be licensed under the same license or one the license names as compatible.
Further terms
These are the things the license says about itself beyond the acts it permits, forbids and requires: when it ends, how long there is to put a breach right, which law governs it, and so on. A term that comes from the DALICC vocabulary links to its definition.
- Compatible license test
- one of the licences listed in the appendix of the licence
- Or later version option
- Yes
- Sublicense survival
- Yes
- Terminates on breach
- Yes
Clauses
Warranty disclaimer
7.Disclaimer of Warranty The Work is a work in progress, which is continuously improved by numerous Contributors. It is not a finished work and may therefore contain defects or ‘bugs’ inherent to this type of development. For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an ‘as is’ basis and without warranties of any kind concerning the Work, including without limitation merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, absence of defects or errors, accuracy, non-infringement of intellectual property rights other than copyright as stated in Article 6 of this Licence. This disclaimer of warranty is an essential part of the Licence and a condition for the grant of any rights to the Work.
Limitation of liability
8.Disclaimer of Liability Except in the cases of wilful misconduct or damages directly caused to natural persons, the Licensor will in no event be liable for any direct or indirect, material or moral, damages of any kind, arising out of the Licence or of the use of the Work, including without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, loss of data or any commercial damage, even if the Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damage. However, the Licensor will be liable under statutory product liability laws as far such laws apply to the Work.
Accepting warranty or additional liability
9.Additional agreements While distributing the Work, You may choose to conclude an additional agreement, defining obligations or services consistent with this Licence. However, if accepting obligations, You may act only on your own behalf and on your sole responsibility, not on behalf of the original Licensor or any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability incurred by, or claims asserted against such Contributor by the fact You have accepted any warranty or additional liability.
Additional clauses
Those rights can be exercised on any media, supports and formats, whether now known or later invented, as far as the applicable law permits so. In the countries where moral rights apply, the Licensor waives his right to exercise his moral right to the extent allowed by law in order to make effective the licence of the economic rights here above listed. The Licensor grants to the Licensee royalty-free, non-exclusive usage rights to any patents held by the Licensor, to the extent necessary to make use of the rights granted on the Work under this Licence. 3.Communication of the Source Code The Licensor may provide the Work either in its Source Code form, or as Executable Code. If the Work is provided as Executable Code, the Licensor provides in addition a machine-readable copy of the Source Code of the Work along with each copy of the Work that the Licensor distributes or indicates, in a notice following the copyright notice attached to the Work, a repository where the Source Code is easily and freely accessible for as long as the Licensor continues to distribute or communicate the Work. 4.Limitations on copyright Nothing in this Licence is intended to deprive the Licensee of the benefits from any exception or limitation to the exclusive rights of the rights owners in the Work, of the exhaustion of those rights or of other applicable limitations thereto. Compatibility clause: If the Licensee Distributes or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence. For the sake of this clause, ‘Compatible Licence’ refers to the licences listed in the appendix attached to this Licence. Should the Licensee's obligations under the Compatible Licence conflict with his/her obligations under this Licence, the obligations of the Compatible Licence shall prevail. 6.Chain of Authorship The original Licensor warrants that the copyright in the Original Work granted hereunder is owned by him/her or licensed to him/her and that he/she has the power and authority to grant the Licence. Each Contributor warrants that the copyright in the modifications he/she brings to the Work are owned by him/her or licensed to him/her and that he/she has the power and authority to grant the Licence. Each time You accept the Licence, the original Licensor and subsequent Contributors grant You a licence to their contributions to the Work, under the terms of this Licence. 10.Acceptance of the Licence The provisions of this Licence can be accepted by clicking on an icon ‘I agree’ placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of this Licence or by affirming consent in any other similar way, in accordance with the rules of applicable law. Clicking on that icon indicates your clear and irrevocable acceptance of this Licence and all of its terms and conditions. Similarly, you irrevocably accept this Licence and all of its terms and conditions by exercising any rights granted to You by Article 2 of this Licence, such as the use of the Work, the creation by You of a Derivative Work or the Distribution or Communication by You of the Work or copies thereof. 11.Information to the public In case of any Distribution or Communication of the Work by means of electronic communication by You (for example, by offering to download the Work from a remote location) the distribution channel or media (for example, a website) must at least provide to the public the information requested by the applicable law regarding the Licensor, the Licence and the way it may be accessible, concluded, stored and reproduced by the Licensee. 12.Termination of the Licence The Licence and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon any breach by the Licensee of the terms of the Licence. Such a termination will not terminate the licences of any person who has received the Work from the Licensee under the Licence, provided such persons remain in full compliance with the Licence. 13.Miscellaneous Without prejudice of Article 9 above, the Licence represents the complete agreement between the Parties as to the Work. If any provision of the Licence is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, this will not affect the validity or enforceability of the Licence as a whole. Such provision will be construed or reformed so as necessary to make it valid and enforceable. The European Commission may publish other linguistic versions or new versions of this Licence or updated versions of the Appendix, so far this is required and reasonable, without reducing the scope of the rights granted by the Licence. New versions of the Licence will be published with a unique version number. All linguistic versions of this Licence, approved by the European Commission, have identical value. Parties can take advantage of the linguistic version of their choice. 14.Jurisdiction Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties, - any litigation resulting from the interpretation of this License, arising between the European Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, as a Licensor, and any Licensee, will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union, as laid down in article 272 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, - any litigation arising between other parties and resulting from the interpretation of this License, will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent court where the Licensor resides or conducts its primary business. 15.Applicable Law Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties, - this Licence shall be governed by the law of the European Union Member State where the Licensor has his seat, resides or has his registered office, - this licence shall be governed by Belgian law if the Licensor has no seat, residence or registered office inside a European Union Member State. Appendix ‘Compatible Licences’ according to Article 5 EUPL are: - GNU General Public License (GPL) v. 2, v. 3 - GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v. 3 - Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 - Eclipse Public License (EPL) v. 1.0 - CeCILL v. 2.0, v. 2.1 - Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) v. 2 - GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) v. 2.1, v. 3 - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v. 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) for works other than software - European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v. 1.1, v. 1.2 - Québec Free and Open-Source Licence - Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R) or Strong Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R+). The European Commission may update this Appendix to later versions of the above licences without producing a new version of the EUPL, as long as they provide the rights granted in Article 2 of this Licence and protect the covered Source Code from exclusive appropriation. All other changes or additions to this Appendix require the production of a new EUPL version.
Info
- Target asset types
- Creative work (i.e. text, picture, sound, movie), Dataset, Software
- Region / jurisdiction
- Worldwide
- Validity
- Perpetual
- Source
- https://spdx.org/licenses/EUPL-1.2.html
- Legal code
- https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/page/eupl-text-11-12
- This description is published under
- https://dalicc.net/licenselibrary/CC-BY-4.0
- Publisher
- European Commission
- Attribution name
- European Union
- SPDX identifier
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EUPL-1.2on the SPDX license list - DALICC identifier
EUPL-1.2
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.
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Version 2 current2026-09-24 Giray Havur
The changes since version 1 recorded which sentence of the text each statement rests on, named the license the record itself is published under and recorded the licenses a work under it may be released under.
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permission dalicc:ChangeLicense with duties [dalicc:compliantLicense]Manual edit Its duty dalicc:compliantLicense is marked as a library convention, family rule 13: Reciprocity has one shape per kind.
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permission dalicc:moralRightsNonAssertionManual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "In the countries where moral rights apply, the Licensor waives his right to exercise his moral right to the extent allowed by law in order to make effective the licence of the economic rights here above listed."
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permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, dalicc:modificationNotice]was
permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, dalicc:modificationNotice]Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "The Licensee must cause any Derivative Work to carry prominent notices stating that the Work has been modified and the date of modification."
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permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, dalicc:modificationNotice]was
permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, dalicc:modificationNotice]Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "The Licensee must cause any Derivative Work to carry prominent notices stating that the Work has been modified and the date of modification."
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prohibition dalicc:promotewas
prohibition dalicc:promoteManual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Legal Protection: This Licence does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or names of the Licensor, except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the copyright notice."
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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.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:AGPL-3.0Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:CC-BY-SA-3.0Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:CeaCnrsInriaLogicielLibreLicenseVersion21Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:EUPL-1.1Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:EclipsePublicLicense10Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:GPL-2.0-onlyManual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:GPL-3.0-onlyManual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:LGPL-2.1-onlyManual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:LGPL-3.0-onlyManual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:LiLiQ-R-1.1Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:LiLiQ-Rplus-1.1Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:MozillaPublicLicenseVersion20Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:OSL-2.1Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:OSL-3.0Manual edit Article 5 reads: "If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence." The appendix lists the Compatible Licences: GNU GPL v. 2 and v. 3, GNU AGPL v. 3, OSL v. 2.1 and v. 3.0, EPL v. 1.0, CeCILL v. 2.0 and v. 2.1, MPL v. 2, GNU LGPL v. 2.1 and v. 3, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported "for works other than software", EUPL v. 1.1 and v. 1.2, and LiLiQ-R and LiLiQ-R+. The library holds no record of CeCILL 2.0, so that one is not linked.
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Created from the license text on 2026-09-15 (European Union Public Licence).
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.
Nothing on this page is legal advice. What a license means is decided by its text; ask a legal advisor before you rely on it.