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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.

3130 changes with the reason "Manual edit", page 54 of 63.

  • Business Source 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: "This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of Licensor or its affiliates (provided that you may use a trademark or logo of Licensor as expressly required by this License)."

  • Business Source License 1.1 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: "The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work."

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of the Licensed Work." Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License."

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

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

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of the Licensed Work." Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License."

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of the Licensed Work." Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License."

  • Business Source 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.

  • Boost Software License 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.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

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

    Manual edit Permit relicensing on permissive licences; the notice clause is a duty, not a bar. Library convention 15: a licence that asks for no reciprocity and no source code asks only that the notice travels with the copy, which is a duty on the acts it governs and not a bar on putting the copy under other terms. dalicc:ChangeLicense is therefore a permission here, and the prohibition the record carried before is removed. The text reads: "Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization obtaining a copy of the software ... to use, reproduce, display, distribute, execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to do so, all subject to the following: The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement ... must be included in all copies of the Software." The permission carries the dalicc:compliantLicense duty, as Apache-2.0 does, because the notice has to survive the relicensing.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 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.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Publisher: "- not specified - "

    Manual edit Library conventions 10 and 14: the disclaimer paragraph held the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE', and dct:publisher and cc:attributionName were the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Boost Software License 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.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Warranty disclaimer: "THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE...

    was Warranty disclaimer: "THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE...

    Manual edit Library conventions 10 and 14: the disclaimer paragraph held the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE', and dct:publisher and cc:attributionName were the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Limitation of liability: "IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILIT...

    Manual edit Library conventions 10 and 14: the disclaimer paragraph held the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE', and dct:publisher and cc:attributionName were the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Attribution name: "- not specified - "

    Manual edit Library conventions 10 and 14: the disclaimer paragraph held the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE', and dct:publisher and cc:attributionName were the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • BSD - ask to endorse 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: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that neither the name of Emin Martinian nor the names of any contributors are be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

  • BSD - ask to endorse version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license

    was Permission: Change 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.

  • BSD - ask to endorse 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.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Change license

    Manual edit Permit relicensing on permissive licences; the notice clause is a duty, not a bar. Library convention 15: a licence that asks for no reciprocity and no source code asks only that the notice travels with the copy, which is a duty on the acts it governs and not a bar on putting the copy under other terms. dalicc:ChangeLicense is therefore a permission here, and the prohibition the record carried before is removed. The text reads: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer." The permission carries the dalicc:compliantLicense duty, as Apache-2.0 does, because the notice has to survive the relicensing.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Advertising acknowledgement

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the disclaimer paragraph held both sentences and the advertising clause had no duty. The text says 'All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement', which is the new dalicc:advertisingAcknowledgement duty on distribution; dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.'.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Advertising acknowledgement

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Advertising acknowledgement

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:advertisingAcknowledgement quotes "All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by the organization."

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

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

    Manual edit Permit relicensing on permissive licences; the notice clause is a duty, not a bar. Library convention 15: a licence that asks for no reciprocity and no source code asks only that the notice travels with the copy, which is a duty on the acts it governs and not a bar on putting the copy under other terms. dalicc:ChangeLicense is therefore a permission here, and the prohibition the record carried before is removed. The text reads: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer." The permission carries the dalicc:compliantLicense duty, as Apache-2.0 does, because the notice has to survive the relicensing.

  • The 4-Clause BSD 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.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Publisher: "N.N."

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the disclaimer paragraph held both sentences and the advertising clause had no duty. The text says 'All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement', which is the new dalicc:advertisingAcknowledgement duty on distribution; dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.'.

  • The 4-Clause BSD 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.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Warranty disclaimer: "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> \"AS IS\" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIM...

    was Warranty disclaimer: "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> \"AS IS\" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIM...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the disclaimer paragraph held both sentences and the advertising clause had no duty. The text says 'All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement', which is the new dalicc:advertisingAcknowledgement duty on distribution; dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.'.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Limitation of liability: "IN NO EVENT SHALL <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTI...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the disclaimer paragraph held both sentences and the advertising clause had no duty. The text says 'All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement', which is the new dalicc:advertisingAcknowledgement duty on distribution; dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.'.

  • BSD 3-Clause Open MPI variant 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: "- Neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

  • BSD 3-Clause Open MPI variant version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer listed in this license in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution."

  • BSD 3-Clause Open MPI variant 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:Notice quotes "- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer listed in this license in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution."

  • BSD 3-Clause Open MPI variant version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer listed in this license in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution."

  • BSD 3-Clause Open MPI variant 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.

  • BSD 3-Clause Open MPI variant 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.

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Labs BSD variant 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: "Neither the name of the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Labs BSD variant 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.

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Labs BSD variant 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.

  • BSD 3-Clause Clear 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: "* Neither the name of [Owner Organization] nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

  • BSD 3-Clause Clear 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.

  • BSD 3-Clause Clear 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.

  • BSD with attribution 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: "Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

  • BSD with attribution 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.

  • BSD with attribution 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.

  • The 3-Clause BSD 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: "Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

  • The 3-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Change license

    Manual edit Permit relicensing on permissive licences; the notice clause is a duty, not a bar. Library convention 15: a licence that asks for no reciprocity and no source code asks only that the notice travels with the copy, which is a duty on the acts it governs and not a bar on putting the copy under other terms. dalicc:ChangeLicense is therefore a permission here, and the prohibition the record carried before is removed. The text reads: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer." The permission carries the dalicc:compliantLicense duty, as Apache-2.0 does, because the notice has to survive the relicensing.

  • The 3-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

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

    Manual edit Permit relicensing on permissive licences; the notice clause is a duty, not a bar. Library convention 15: a licence that asks for no reciprocity and no source code asks only that the notice travels with the copy, which is a duty on the acts it governs and not a bar on putting the copy under other terms. dalicc:ChangeLicense is therefore a permission here, and the prohibition the record carried before is removed. The text reads: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer." The permission carries the dalicc:compliantLicense duty, as Apache-2.0 does, because the notice has to survive the relicensing.

  • The 3-Clause BSD 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.

  • The 3-Clause BSD 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.

  • The 3-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Warranty disclaimer: "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS \"AS IS\" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IN...

    was Warranty disclaimer: "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS \"AS IS\" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IN...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the disclaimer paragraph held both the warranty sentence and the liability sentence. It is split at 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE', as the six new BSD records split it.

  • The 3-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Limitation of liability: "IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLA...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the disclaimer paragraph held both the warranty sentence and the liability sentence. It is split at 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE', as the six new BSD records split it.

  • BSD 2-Clause with views sentence 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.

  • BSD 2-Clause with views sentence 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.