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2026

Changes to the license models

What DALICC changed in its curated models, when, and why.

A license model is corrected when a reading of the legal text turns out to be wrong. Every correction changes what the compatibility checker answers, so each change below names the reason behind it and links to the record it was made on.

706 changes with the reason "Review decision", page 13 of 15.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Netherlands version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Luxembourg version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Italy version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Ireland version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Guatemala version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Greece version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Georgia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Georgia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Additional clauses: "ლიცენზიარი გარანტიას იძლევა იმაზე, რომ ობიექტი ორიგინალურია, შემქმნელს ეკუთვნის სრული საკუთრების უფლება ობიექტზე და არა...

    Review decision Review decision 14: section 5 of the Georgian port warrants rather than disclaims, so the clause moved to the additional clauses.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Georgia version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Warranty disclaimer: "ლიცენზიარი გარანტიას იძლევა იმაზე, რომ ობიექტი ორიგინალურია, შემქმნელს ეკუთვნის სრული საკუთრების უფლება ობიექტზე და არა...

    Review decision Review decision 14: section 5 of the Georgian port warrants rather than disclaims, so the clause moved to the additional clauses.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 France version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Estonia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Egypt version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Ecuador version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Czechia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Croatia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Costa Rica version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 China version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Chile version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Azerbaijan version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Austria version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Armenia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 South Africa version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Poland version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Netherlands version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 South Korea version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Japan version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Italy version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Germany version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 France version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Croatia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Chile version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Brazil version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Austria version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Australia version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Common Development and Distribution License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Change license

    Review decision Review decision 10: sections 3.1 and 3.2 are file-level reciprocity, so the share-alike duty hangs on the acts that trigger it and relicensing is prohibited, aligning the record with the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

  • Common Development and Distribution License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Modification notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Modification notice

    Review decision Review decision 10: sections 3.1 and 3.2 are file-level reciprocity, so the share-alike duty hangs on the acts that trigger it and relicensing is prohibited, aligning the record with the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

  • Common Development and Distribution License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Notice, Share alike, Source code

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Notice, Source code

    Review decision Review decision 10: sections 3.1 and 3.2 are file-level reciprocity, so the share-alike duty hangs on the acts that trigger it and relicensing is prohibited, aligning the record with the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

  • Common Development and Distribution License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    Review decision Review decision 10: sections 3.1 and 3.2 are file-level reciprocity, so the share-alike duty hangs on the acts that trigger it and relicensing is prohibited, aligning the record with the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice

    Review decision Review decision 2: a NoDerivatives license grants no right to modify, so the modification permissions and the duties hanging off them were removed and the prohibition on derivatives made explicit.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Permission: Modified works

    Review decision Review decision 2: a NoDerivatives license grants no right to modify, so the modification permissions and the duties hanging off them were removed and the prohibition on derivatives made explicit.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice

    Review decision Review decision 2: a NoDerivatives license grants no right to modify, so the modification permissions and the duties hanging off them were removed and the prohibition on derivatives made explicit.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Permission: Modified works

    Review decision Review decision 2: a NoDerivatives license grants no right to modify, so the modification permissions and the duties hanging off them were removed and the prohibition on derivatives made explicit.

  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Sublicense

    Review decision Review decision 1: every Creative Commons record except the CC0 dedication, plus the Open Database License and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, forbids sublicensing in as many words.

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.