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.
3130 changes with the reason "Manual edit", page 48 of 63.
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CNRI Python Open Source GPL Compatible License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license
was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license
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.
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CNRI Python Open Source GPL Compatible License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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CNRI Python License version 2 2026-09-24
changed Prohibition: Promote
was Prohibition: Promote
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "This License Agreement does not grant permission to use CNRI trademarks or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote products or services of Licensee, or any third party."
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CNRI Python License version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Modification notice
was Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Modification notice
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, CNRI hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python 1.6b1 alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that CNRIs License Agreement is retained in Python 1.6b1, alone or in any derivative version prepared by Licensee." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, CNRI hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python 1.6b1 alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that CNRIs License Agreement is retained in Python 1.6b1, alone or in any derivative version prepared by Licensee."
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CNRI Python License version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Modification notice
was Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Modification notice
Manual edit Removed the quoted evidence of permission odrl:modify: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.
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CNRI Python License version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Notice
was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Notice
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, CNRI hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python 1.6b1 alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that CNRIs License Agreement is retained in Python 1.6b1, alone or in any derivative version prepared by Licensee." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, CNRI hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python 1.6b1 alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that CNRIs License Agreement is retained in Python 1.6b1, alone or in any derivative version prepared by Licensee."
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CNRI Python License version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Notice, Modification notice
was Permission: Derive, with the duties Notice, Modification notice
Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, CNRI hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python 1.6b1 alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that CNRIs License Agreement is retained in Python 1.6b1, alone or in any derivative version prepared by Licensee."
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CNRI Python License version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license
was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license
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.
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CNRI Python License version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Weakly Reciprocal version 2 2026-09-24
changed Prohibition: Promote
was Prohibition: Promote
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Any such permitted use shall be factual and shall not be made so as to suggest any kind of endorsement or implication of involvement by the Licensor or its personnel."
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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Weakly Reciprocal version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Strongly Reciprocal version 2 2026-09-24
changed Prohibition: Promote
was Prohibition: Promote
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Any such permitted use shall be factual and shall not be made so as to suggest any kind of endorsement or implication of involvement by the Licensor or its personnel."
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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Strongly Reciprocal version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive version 2 2026-09-24
changed Prohibition: Promote
was Prohibition: Promote
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Any such permitted use shall be factual and shall not be made so as to suggest any kind of endorsement or implication of involvement by the Licensor or its personnel."
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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive version 2 2026-09-24
changed Prohibition: Add limitation
was Prohibition: Add limitation
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "2.3 You shall not attempt to restrict by contract or otherwise the rights granted under this Licence to other Licensees."
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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Charge distribution fee
was Permission: Charge distribution fee
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "6.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, each Licensor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section 6, or where terminated by the Licensor for cause) patent license to Make, have Made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Covered Source and Products, where such licence applies only to those patent claims licensable by such Licensor that are necessarily infringed by exercising rights under the Covered Source as Conveyed by that Licensor."
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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license
was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license
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.
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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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CeCILL-C Free Software License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice
was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice
Manual edit Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "If the Licensee makes any Contribution to the Software, the resulting Modified Software may be distributed under a license agreement other than this Agreement subject to compliance with the provisions of Article 5.3.4."
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CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice
was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice
Manual edit Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "If the Licensee makes any Contribution to the Software, the resulting Modified Software may be distributed under a license agreement other than this Agreement subject to compliance with the provisions of Article 5.3.4."
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CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Attribution, Add statement
was Permission: Change license, with the duties Attribution, Add statement
Manual edit Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "If the Licensee makes any Contribution to the Software, the resulting Modified Software may be distributed under a license agreement other than this Agreement subject to compliance with the provisions of Article 5.3.4."
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CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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Community Data License Agreement Sharing 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Extract or reuse a substantial part of a database
was Permission: Extract or reuse a substantial part of a database
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "2.2 To the extent that the Data or the coordination, selection or arrangement of Data is protected or protectable under copyright, Sui Generis Database Rights, or other law, Data Provider(s) further agree(s) that such Data or coordination, selection or arrangement is hereby licensed to You and to anyone else who Receives Data under this Agreement for Use and Publication, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement."
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Community Data License Agreement Sharing 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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Community Data License Agreement Permissive 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license
was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license
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.
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Community Data License Agreement Permissive 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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Community Data License Agreement Permissive 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause any Data files containing Enhanced Data to carry prominent notices that You have changed those files; and"
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Community Data License Agreement Permissive 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause any Data files containing Enhanced Data to carry prominent notices that You have changed those files; and"
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Community Data License Agreement Permissive 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Extract or reuse a substantial part of a database
was Permission: Extract or reuse a substantial part of a database
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "2.2 To the extent that the Data or the coordination, selection or arrangement of Data is protected or protectable under copyright, Sui Generis Database Rights, or other law, Data Provider(s) further agree(s) that such Data or coordination, selection or arrangement is hereby licensed to You and to anyone else who Receives Data under this Agreement for Use and Publication, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement."
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Community Data License Agreement Permissive 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Moral rights non-assertion
was Permission: Moral rights non-assertion
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "7.2 You and Data Provider(s), collectively and individually, waive and/or agree not to assert, to the extent permitted by law, any moral rights You or they hold in Data."
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Community Data License Agreement Permissive 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Notice
was Permission: Change license, with the duties Notice
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.
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Community Data License Agreement Permissive 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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Common Development and Distribution License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Sublicense
was Permission: Sublicense
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark) Licensable by Initial Developer, to use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Software (or portions thereof), with or without Modifications, and/or as part of a Larger Work; and"
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Common Development and Distribution License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication and Certification version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Reproduce
was Permission: Reproduce
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or conceived."
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Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication and Certification version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24
added Permission: Extract or reuse a substantial part of a database, with the duties Attribution, Notice
Manual edit Section 4 of the 4.0 text grants the database right where it applies: "for the avoidance of doubt, Section 2(a)(1) grants You the right to extract, reuse, reproduce, and Share all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database", and Section 4(c) carries the conditions of Section 3(a) over to it. dalicc:suiGenerisDatabaseRights is now permitted, with the attribution and notice duties of the copyright grant.
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24
added License: >
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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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24
added Terminates On Breach: "true"
Manual edit Section 6(a) reads: "However, if You fail to comply with this Public License, then Your rights under this Public License terminate automatically."
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24
added Cure Period: "30 days"
Manual edit Section 6(b) reinstates the rights "automatically as of the date the violation is cured, provided it is cured within 30 days of Your discovery of the violation".
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International version 2 2026-09-24
added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only
Manual edit The Creative Commons list of compatible licenses (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-considerations/compatible-licenses) names the "GNU General Public License version 3" as compatible with BY-SA 4.0, one way: an adaptation of BY-SA 4.0 material may be released under GPL-3.0, and not the other way round.
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported version 2 2026-09-24
changed Prohibition: Sublicense
was Prohibition: Sublicense
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may not offer or impose any terms on the Work that restrict the terms of this License or the ability of the recipient of the Work to exercise the rights granted to that recipient under the terms of the License. You may not sublicense the Work."
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported version 2 2026-09-24
changed Prohibition: Promote
was Prohibition: Promote
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "For the avoidance of doubt, You may only use the credit required by this Section for the purpose of attribution in the manner set out above and, by exercising Your rights under this License, You may not implicitly or explicitly assert or imply any connection with, sponsorship or endorsement by the Original Author, Licensor and/or Attribution Parties, as appropriate, of You or Your use of the Work, without the separate, express prior written permission of the Original Author, Licensor and/or Attribution Parties. d."
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported version 2 2026-09-24
changed Prohibition: Moral rights restriction
was Prohibition: Moral rights restriction
Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Licensor or as may be otherwise permitted by applicable law, if You Reproduce, Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work either by itself or as part of any Adaptations or Collections, You must not distort, mutilate, modify or take other derogatory action in relation to the Work which would be prejudicial to the Original Author's honor or reputation."
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "keep intact all copyright notices for the Work" Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "to Reproduce the Work, to incorporate the Work into one or more Collections, and to Reproduce the Work as incorporated in the Collections; b. to create and Reproduce Adaptations provided that any such Adaptation, including any translation in any medium, takes reasonable steps to clearly label, demarcate or otherwise identify that changes were made to the original Work."
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
Manual edit Removed the quoted evidence of duty cc:Attribution on odrl:derive, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:distribute, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:modify: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice
was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice
Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "keep intact all copyright notices for the Work"
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice
was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice
Manual edit Removed the quoted evidence of duty cc:Attribution on odrl:derive, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:distribute, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:modify: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported version 2 2026-09-24
changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Modification notice
Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "keep intact all copyright notices for the Work" Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "to Reproduce the Work, to incorporate the Work into one or more Collections, and to Reproduce the Work as incorporated in the Collections; b. to create and Reproduce Adaptations provided that any such Adaptation, including any translation in any medium, takes reasonable steps to clearly label, demarcate or otherwise identify that changes were made to the original Work."
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