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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.

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  • Simple Public License 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Add statement, Modification notice

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Add statement, 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, duty cc:SourceCode on odrl:derive, duty cc:SourceCode on odrl:distribute, duty cc:SourceCode on odrl:modify: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.

  • Simple Public License 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.

  • Sample License (SL) 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.

  • Sample License (SL) version 2 2026-09-24

    added Reviewed on: "2026-09-15"

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

  • Sample License (SL) version 2 2026-09-24

    added Review status: Created

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

  • Sample License (SL) version 2 2026-09-24

    added Record status: Test fixture

    Review decision Review decision 13: the record is a composer or test fixture rather than a published license, and says so instead of being deleted.

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 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: "Sublicensing is not allowed; section 10 makes it unnecessary."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Promote

    Manual edit The endorsement prohibition rested on no sentence of the text; the default rule for endorsement now supplies it.

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 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: "You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed under this License."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Change license

    was Prohibition: Change license

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "This License gives no permission to license the work in any other way, but it does not invalidate such permission if you have separately received it."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 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: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty cc:SourceCode quotes "If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, under the terms of this License."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code

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

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee." Its duty cc:SourceCode quotes "If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, under the terms of this License."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Modification notice

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

    Manual edit Its duty cc:SourceCode quotes "If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, under the terms of this License."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Network use trigger, with the duties Source code

    was Permission: Network use trigger, with the duties Source code

    Manual edit Its duty cc:SourceCode quotes "If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, under the terms of this License."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 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: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Commercial use

    was Permission: Commercial use

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee."

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Duty: Share alike

    was Duty: Share alike

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to anyone who comes into possession of a copy."

  • Server Side Public License, v 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.

  • Server Side Public License, v 1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Accepting warranty or additional liability: "you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee"

    was Accepting warranty or additional liability: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection fo...

    Manual edit The first half of the Section 4 sentence, "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey", is the permission to charge for a copy, not a warranty clause.

  • SSH OpenSSH 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.

  • SSH OpenSSH 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.

  • Sun Industry Standards Source License v1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Standards conformance

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Standards conformance

    Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "In the event that the Modifications do not meet such requirements, You agree to publish either (i) any deviation from the Standards protocol resulting from implementation of Your Modifications and a reference implementation of Your Modifications or (ii) Your Modifications in Source Code form, and to make any such deviation and reference implementation or Modifications available to all third parties under the same terms as this license on a royalty free basis within thirty (30) days of Your first customer shipment of Your Modifications."

  • Sun Industry Standards Source License v1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "In the event that the Modifications do not meet such requirements, You agree to publish either (i) any deviation from the Standards protocol resulting from implementation of Your Modifications and a reference implementation of Your Modifications or (ii) Your Modifications in Source Code form, and to make any such deviation and reference implementation or Modifications available to all third parties under the same terms as this license on a royalty free basis within thirty (30) days of Your first customer shipment of Your Modifications."

  • Sun Industry Standards Source License v1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Standards conformance

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Standards conformance

    Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "In the event that the Modifications do not meet such requirements, You agree to publish either (i) any deviation from the Standards protocol resulting from implementation of Your Modifications and a reference implementation of Your Modifications or (ii) Your Modifications in Source Code form, and to make any such deviation and reference implementation or Modifications available to all third parties under the same terms as this license on a royalty free basis within thirty (30) days of Your first customer shipment of Your Modifications."

  • Sun Industry Standards Source License v1.1 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 Code (or portions thereof) with or without Modifications, and/or as part of a Larger Work; and"

  • Sun Industry Standards Source License v1.1 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.

  • Ruby 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.

  • Ruby 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.

  • Ricoh Source Code Public 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.

  • Redis Source Available License 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Change license

    was Prohibition: Change license

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "The terms and conditions of this Agreement do not imply any Licenses other than those expressly granted in this Agreement."

  • Redis Source Available License 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Change license

    was Prohibition: Change license

    Manual edit Removed the quoted evidence of prohibition dalicc:ChangeLicense: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.

  • Redis Source Available License 2.0 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: "The Licensor grants You a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license to use, copy, distribute, make available, and prepare derivative works of the Software, in each case subject to the limitations and conditions below."

  • Redis Source Available License 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.

  • RealNetworks Public Source License v1.0 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: "No Licensor Marks may be used to endorse or promote products derived from the Original Code other than as permitted by the Licensor Trademark Policy defined in Exhibit C."

  • RealNetworks Public Source License v1.0 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: "You must include a copy of this License with every copy of Source Code of Covered Code and documentation You distribute, and You may not offer or impose any terms on such Source Code that alter or restrict this License or the recipients' rights hereunder, except as permitted under Section 6;"

  • RealNetworks Public Source License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Duty: Share alike

    was Duty: Share alike

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You must cause any Derivative Work that you distribute, publish or Externally Deploy ... to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License and no other license except as provided in Section 4.2"

  • RealNetworks Public Source License v1.0 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.

  • Reciprocal Public License 1.5 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: "No right is granted to the trademarks of Licensor or any Contributor even if such marks are included in the Licensed Software."

  • Reciprocal Public License 1.5 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Add statement, Include notice file, Modification notice, Rename

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Add statement, Include notice file, Modification notice, Rename

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "You must duplicate any notice contained in EXHIBIT A (the “License Notice”) in each file of the Source Code of any copy You distribute of the Licensed Software and Your Extensions."

  • Reciprocal Public License 1.5 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Add statement, Export control notice, Include notice file

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Add statement, Export control notice, Include notice file

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "You must duplicate any notice contained in EXHIBIT A (the “License Notice”) in each file of the Source Code of any copy You distribute of the Licensed Software and Your Extensions."

  • Reciprocal Public License 1.5 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Add statement, Include notice file, Modification notice, Rename

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Source code, Add statement, Include notice file, Modification notice, Rename

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "You must duplicate any notice contained in EXHIBIT A (the “License Notice”) in each file of the Source Code of any copy You distribute of the Licensed Software and Your Extensions."

  • Reciprocal Public License 1.5 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Duty: Share alike

    was Duty: Share alike

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "In consideration of, and as an express condition to, the licenses granted to You under this License You hereby agree that any Modifications, Derivative Works, or Required Components (collectively Extensions) that You create or to which You contribute are governed by the terms of this License including, without limitation, Section 4."

  • Reciprocal Public License 1.5 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.

  • Reciprocal Public License 1.1 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: "No right is granted to the trademarks of Licensor or any Contributor even if such marks are included in the Licensed Software."

  • Reciprocal Public License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Duty: Share alike

    was Duty: Share alike

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "In consideration of, and as an express condition to, the licenses granted to You under this License You hereby agree that any Modifications, Derivative Works, or Required Components (collectively Extensions) that You create or to which You contribute are governed by the terms of this License including, without limitation, Section 4."

  • Reciprocal Public 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.

  • Q Public License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added SPDX identifier: "QPL-1.0"

    Review finding Added QPL-1.0; the title matches the SPDX name.

  • Q Public License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Promote

    Manual edit The endorsement prohibition rested on no sentence of the text; the default rule for endorsement now supplies it.

  • Q Public License Version 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.

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.