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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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  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Austria 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 The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Die genannte Nutzungsbewilligung beinhaltet die Befugnis, solche Veränderungen an dem Werk vorzunehmen, die technisch erforderlich sind, um die Nutzungsbewilligung für alle Nutzungsarten wahrzunehmen."

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

    changed Permission: Modified works

    was Permission: Modified works

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Die genannte Nutzungsbewilligung beinhaltet die Befugnis, solche Veränderungen an dem Werk vorzunehmen, die technisch erforderlich sind, um die Nutzungsbewilligung für alle Nutzungsarten wahrzunehmen."

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

    added Source: >

    Review finding The record carried cc:legalcode but no dct:source. The legal code page states the canonical URL of the licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/at/, and the six 4.0 International parents carry exactly that pair, legal code plus deed. Added.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Austria 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.

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

    added Kind of variant: "jurisdiction-port"

    Port relation The 2026-09-15 review made the relation between a jurisdiction port and the record it was adapted from explicit in the data.

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

    added Terminates On Breach: "true"

    Manual edit The termination clause of this port reads: "Dieser Lizenzvertrag und die durch diesen erteilten Befugnisse enden automatisch bei jeder Verletzung der Vertragsbedingungen durch Sie."

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Austria 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.

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

    added Review status: Reviewed

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

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

    added License version: "2.0"

    Port relation The 2026-09-15 review made the relation between a jurisdiction port and the record it was adapted from explicit in the data.

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

    added Jurisdiction port of: CC-BY-4.0

    Port relation The 2026-09-15 review made the relation between a jurisdiction port and the record it was adapted from explicit in the data.

  • 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.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Australia 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 sublicense the Work."

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Australia 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.

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

    added Source: >

    Review finding The record carried cc:legalcode but no dct:source. The legal-code page states the canonical URL of the licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/au/, and the six 4.0 International parents carry exactly that pair (legal code plus deed). Added.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Australia 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.

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

    added Kind of variant: "jurisdiction-port"

    Port relation The 2026-09-15 review made the relation between a jurisdiction port and the record it was adapted from explicit in the data.

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

    added Terminates On Breach: "true"

    Manual edit The termination clause of this port reads: "This Licence and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon any breach by You of the terms of this Licence."

  • Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Australia 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.

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

    added Review status: Reviewed

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

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

    added License version: "2.0"

    Port relation The 2026-09-15 review made the relation between a jurisdiction port and the record it was adapted from explicit in the data.

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

    added Jurisdiction port of: CC-BY-4.0

    Port relation The 2026-09-15 review made the relation between a jurisdiction port and the record it was adapted from explicit in the data.

  • Confluent Community License Agreement Version 1.0 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: "The License does not include the right to sublicense the Software, however, each recipient to which Licensee provides the Software may exercise the Licenses so long as such recipient agrees to the terms and conditions of this Agreement."

  • Confluent Community License Agreement Version 1.0 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: "Confluent hereby reserves all rights not expressly granted to Licensee in this Agreement.Confluent hereby reserves all rights in its trademarks and service marks, and no licenses therein are granted in this Agreement."

  • Confluent Community License Agreement Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Add statement, 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 Agreement, Confluent hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable license during the term of this Agreement to: (a) use the Software; (b) prepare modifications and derivative works of the Software; (c) distribute the Software (including without limitation in source code or object code form); and (d) reproduce copies of the Software (the “License”)." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "On each Software copy, Licensee shall reproduce and not remove or alter all Confluent or third party copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Software, and Licensee must provide the notice below with each copy."

  • Confluent Community License Agreement Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "On each Software copy, Licensee shall reproduce and not remove or alter all Confluent or third party copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Software, and Licensee must provide the notice below with each copy."

  • Confluent Community License Agreement Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

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

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Notice, Add statement, 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 Agreement, Confluent hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable license during the term of this Agreement to: (a) use the Software; (b) prepare modifications and derivative works of the Software; (c) distribute the Software (including without limitation in source code or object code form); and (d) reproduce copies of the Software (the “License”)." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "On each Software copy, Licensee shall reproduce and not remove or alter all Confluent or third party copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Software, and Licensee must provide the notice below with each copy."

  • Confluent Community License Agreement Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derivative works

    was Permission: Derivative works

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Confluent hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable license during the term of this Agreement to: (a) use the Software; (b) prepare modifications and derivative works of the Software; (c) distribute the Software (including without limitation in source code or object code form); and (d) reproduce copies of the Software (the “License”)."

  • Confluent Community License Agreement 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.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added SPDX identifier: "CPAL-1.0"

    Review finding Added CPAL-1.0 and the missing dct:source.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Derive

    Review finding Sections 2.1(b) and 2.2(b) grant the right "to use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Code (or portions thereof) with or without Modifications". The record prohibited both odrl:derive and cc:DerivativeWorks, so the compatibility checker treated every adaptation as forbidden. Removed both prohibitions and added the permissions with the duties the license does impose.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Share alike

    Review finding Section 3.1 requires Covered Code to be distributed "only under the terms of this License". The record prohibited cc:ShareAlike, the reverse. Removed.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Derivative works

    Review finding Sections 2.1(b) and 2.2(b) grant the right "to use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Code (or portions thereof) with or without Modifications". The record prohibited both odrl:derive and cc:DerivativeWorks, so the compatibility checker treated every adaptation as forbidden. Removed both prohibitions and added the permissions with the duties the license does impose.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

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

    Review finding Sections 2.1(b) and 2.2(b) grant the right "to use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Code (or portions thereof) with or without Modifications". The record prohibited both odrl:derive and cc:DerivativeWorks, so the compatibility checker treated every adaptation as forbidden. Removed both prohibitions and added the permissions with the duties the license does impose.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Derivative works

    Review finding Sections 2.1(b) and 2.2(b) grant the right "to use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Code (or portions thereof) with or without Modifications". The record prohibited both odrl:derive and cc:DerivativeWorks, so the compatibility checker treated every adaptation as forbidden. Removed both prohibitions and added the permissions with the duties the license does impose.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Source: CPAL-1.0

    Review finding Added CPAL-1.0 and the missing dct:source.

  • Common Public Attribution 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.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 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.

  • Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Review status: Reviewed

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

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

    added SPDX identifier: "CDDL-1.0"

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

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

    added Prohibition: Promote

    Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: the record said nothing about four clauses its text-modelled sibling CDDL-1.1 quotes from the same sentences. Section 2.1(a) grants the right to 'use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Software', which is the sublicensing permission, and grants it 'under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)', which is the promotion prohibition; section 6.2 ends every right granted 'upon 60 days notice' after a patent infringement claim, which is the patent-retaliation prohibition; and section 3.3 requires the distributor to keep 'any notices of licensing or any descriptive text giving attribution to any Contributor', which is the attribution duty on distribution.

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

    added Prohibition: Patent license ends on a patent claim

    Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: the record said nothing about four clauses its text-modelled sibling CDDL-1.1 quotes from the same sentences. Section 2.1(a) grants the right to 'use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Software', which is the sublicensing permission, and grants it 'under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)', which is the promotion prohibition; section 6.2 ends every right granted 'upon 60 days notice' after a patent infringement claim, which is the patent-retaliation prohibition; and section 3.3 requires the distributor to keep 'any notices of licensing or any descriptive text giving attribution to any Contributor', which is the attribution duty on distribution.

  • 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

    removed Prohibition: Change license

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the share-alike duty hung off odrl:distribute and odrl:modify but not off odrl:derive, the record made no patent statement although section 2.1(b) grants one, relicensing was prohibited although section 3.6 lets an Executable go out 'under the terms of a license of Your choice', and dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.'.

  • 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

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

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

    Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: the record said nothing about four clauses its text-modelled sibling CDDL-1.1 quotes from the same sentences. Section 2.1(a) grants the right to 'use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Software', which is the sublicensing permission, and grants it 'under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)', which is the promotion prohibition; section 6.2 ends every right granted 'upon 60 days notice' after a patent infringement claim, which is the patent-retaliation prohibition; and section 3.3 requires the distributor to keep 'any notices of licensing or any descriptive text giving attribution to any Contributor', which is the attribution duty on distribution.

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

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

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

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the share-alike duty hung off odrl:distribute and odrl:modify but not off odrl:derive, the record made no patent statement although section 2.1(b) grants one, relicensing was prohibited although section 3.6 lets an Executable go out 'under the terms of a license of Your choice', and dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.'.

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

    added Permission: Sublicense

    Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: the record said nothing about four clauses its text-modelled sibling CDDL-1.1 quotes from the same sentences. Section 2.1(a) grants the right to 'use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Software', which is the sublicensing permission, and grants it 'under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)', which is the promotion prohibition; section 6.2 ends every right granted 'upon 60 days notice' after a patent infringement claim, which is the patent-retaliation prohibition; and section 3.3 requires the distributor to keep 'any notices of licensing or any descriptive text giving attribution to any Contributor', which is the attribution duty on distribution.

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

    added Permission: Patent grant

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the share-alike duty hung off odrl:distribute and odrl:modify but not off odrl:derive, the record made no patent statement although section 2.1(b) grants one, relicensing was prohibited although section 3.6 lets an Executable go out 'under the terms of a license of Your choice', and dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.'.

  • 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.

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