From 7c422ef0ebd569df4250c1f15e3c03fb37adc174 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Frosini Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:16:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Moved to EUPL 1.2 license --- LICENSE | 236 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 127 insertions(+), 109 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 86c834a..c108cad 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,82 +1,83 @@ -European Union Public Licence V. 1.1 EUPL (c) the European Community 2007 +European Union Public Licence v. 1.2 -This European Union Public Licence (the "EUPL") applies to the Work or Software -(as defined below) which is provided under the terms of this Licence. 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Appendix -"Compatible Licences" according to article 5 EUPL are: +'Compatible Licences' according to Article 5 EUPL are: - - GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) v. 2 + — GNU General Public License (GPL) v. 2, v. 3 - - Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 + — GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v. 3 - - Common Public License v. 1.0 + — Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 - - Eclipse Public License v. 1.0 + — Eclipse Public License (EPL) v. 1.0 - - Cecill v. 2.0 + — CeCILL v. 2.0, v. 2.1 + + — Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) v. 2 + + — GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) v. 2.1, v. 3 + +— Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v. 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) for +works other than software + + — European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v. 1.1, v. 1.2 + +— Québec Free and Open-Source Licence — Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R) or Strong Reciprocity +(LiLiQ-R+). + +The European Commission may update this Appendix to later versions of the +above licences without producing a new version of the EUPL, as long as they +provide the rights granted in Article 2 of this Licence and protect the covered +Source Code from exclusive appropriation. + +All other changes or additions to this Appendix require the production of +a new EUPL version.