Changes to the license models

Upstream Compatibility License v1.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

SUN PUBLIC LICENSE Version 1.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). A Larger Work that combines the Covered Code with other code is outside it, whether the two are only passed on together or one uses the other. A work made with the Covered Code is not settled and is recorded as reached.

Simple Public License 2.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

Server Side Public License, v 1 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). An aggregate is outside it; the libraries the work is designed to require are inside. Output is covered when its content is a covered work, so a work made with the Program is recorded as reached.

RealNetworks Public Source License v1.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). Mere aggregation is outside it. Using the Covered Code unchanged and a work made with it are not settled and are recorded as reached.

Reciprocal Public License 1.5 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

Reciprocal Public License 1.1 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

The Parity Public License 7.0.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). Software operated or developed with the licensed software is inside it. Works only passed on together are not settled and are recorded as reached.

The Parity Public License 6.0.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). Software run with or developed with the licensed software is inside it. Works only passed on together are not settled and are recorded as reached.

ODC Open Database License (ODbL) version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). A Collective Database and a Produced Work are outside it; a Derivative Database is inside. Re-utilising the contents unchanged in a new database makes a Derivative Database, so a database used unchanged by another is not settled and is recorded as reached.

Open Software License 3.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

Open Software License 2.1 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

Open Software License 2.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

Open Software License 1.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

OCLC Research Public License 2.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The other parts of an Aggregate Work are outside it. Using the Program unchanged and a work made with it are not settled and are recorded as reached.

Non-Profit Open Software License 3.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

Nethack General Public License version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

NASA Open Source Agreement 1.3 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). A Larger Work that combines the Subject Software with separate software is outside it, whether the two are only passed on together or one uses the other. A work made with the Subject Software is not settled and is recorded as reached.

Licence Libre du Québec - Réciprocité forte version 1.1 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). The text does not say which ways of combining its share alike reaches beyond a work made from the licensed work, so every way is recorded as reached.

GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). A Combined Work and a combined library are outside it; a modified version of the Library is inside. The text says nothing of its own about output, so a work made with the Library is recorded as reached.

GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 with LGPL-3.0 Linking Exception version 4 2026-10-02

changed Permission: Excepted combination

was Permission: Excepted combination

Manual edit The dalicc:exceptedCombination permission now quotes the sentence of the exception it rests on, as the addition record LGPL-3.0-linking-exception does.

GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 with LGPL-3.0 Linking Exception version 5 2026-10-02

changed Permission: Excepted combination

was Permission: Excepted combination

Manual edit The excepted combination names, with dalicc:derogates, the rule of the base it narrows and the ways of combining it narrows it for, as the addition record LGPL-3.0-linking-exception does.

GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 with LGPL-3.0 Linking Exception version 5 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). A Combined Work and a combined library are outside it; a modified version of the Library is inside. The text says nothing of its own about output, so a work made with the Library is recorded as reached. The record takes it from its base LGPL-3.0-only.

GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 with LGPL-3.0 Linking Exception version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

Manual edit Section 2 of the LGPL 3 lets a modified version of the Library be conveyed under the GNU GPL, and the base record names that compatibility. The exception only adds a permission, so the record names it as well.

GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 with LGPL-3.0 Linking Exception version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

Manual edit Section 2 of the LGPL 3 lets a modified version of the Library be conveyed under the GNU GPL, and the base record names that compatibility. The exception only adds a permission, so the record names it as well.

GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). A Combined Work and a combined library are outside it; a modified version of the Library is inside. The text says nothing of its own about output, so a work made with the Library is recorded as reached.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 3 2026-10-02

added Prohibition: Add limitation

Manual edit The text forbids further restrictions: "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." A rider can therefore not be read together with the license.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). Mere aggregation and a work that uses the Library are outside it; the Library and works based on it are inside. Output is covered when its contents are a work based on the Library, so a work made with the Library is recorded as reached.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 5 2026-10-02

added Prohibition: Add limitation

Manual edit The text forbids further restrictions: "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." A rider can therefore not be read together with the license. The record takes it from its base LGPL-2.1-only.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 4 2026-10-02

changed Permission: Excepted combination

was Permission: Excepted combination

Manual edit The dalicc:exceptedCombination permission quoted "As an exception to the Sections above, you may also combine or link a 'work that uses the Library' with the Library ...", which is section 6 of the LGPL 2.1 and not the exception. It now quotes the exception's own grant, as the addition record Qt-LGPL-exception-1.1 does: "As an additional permission to the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, the object code form of a 'work that uses the Library' may incorporate material from a header file that is part of the Library."

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 5 2026-10-02

changed Permission: Excepted combination

was Permission: Excepted combination

Manual edit The excepted combination names, with dalicc:derogates, the rule of the base it narrows and the ways of combining it narrows it for, as the addition record Qt-LGPL-exception-1.1 does.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 5 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). Mere aggregation and a work that uses the Library are outside it; the Library and works based on it are inside. Output is covered when its contents are a work based on the Library, so a work made with the Library is recorded as reached. The record takes it from its base LGPL-2.1-only.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

Manual edit Section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 lets the licensee apply the ordinary GNU General Public License, version 2 or a newer version, instead of the LGPL to a given copy, and the base record names that compatibility. The exception only adds a permission, so the record names it as well.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

Manual edit Section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 lets the licensee apply the ordinary GNU General Public License, version 2 or a newer version, instead of the LGPL to a given copy, and the base record names that compatibility. The exception only adds a permission, so the record names it as well.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-or-later

Manual edit Section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 lets the licensee apply the ordinary GNU General Public License, version 2 or a newer version, instead of the LGPL to a given copy, and the base record names that compatibility. The exception only adds a permission, so the record names it as well.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-only

Manual edit Section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 lets the licensee apply the ordinary GNU General Public License, version 2 or a newer version, instead of the LGPL to a given copy, and the base record names that compatibility. The exception only adds a permission, so the record names it as well.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 3 2026-10-02

added Prohibition: Add limitation

Manual edit The text forbids further restrictions: "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." A rider can therefore not be read together with the license.

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). Mere aggregation and a work that uses the Library are outside it; the Library and works based on it are inside. Output is covered when its contents are a work based on the Library, so a work made with the Library is recorded as reached.

GNU Library General Public License v2 or later version 3 2026-10-02

added Prohibition: Add limitation

Manual edit The text forbids further restrictions: "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." A rider can therefore not be read together with the license.

GNU Library General Public License v2 or later version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). Mere aggregation and a work that uses the Library are outside it; the Library and works based on it are inside. Output is covered when its contents are a work based on the Library, so a work made with the Library is recorded as reached.

GNU Library General Public License v2 or later version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

Manual edit Section 3 of the Library GPL 2.0 lets a licensee apply the ordinary GPL, version 2 or a newer version, to a copy instead, as section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 does.

GNU Library General Public License v2 or later version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

Manual edit Section 3 of the Library GPL 2.0 lets a licensee apply the ordinary GPL, version 2 or a newer version, to a copy instead, as section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 does.

GNU Library General Public License v2 or later version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-or-later

Manual edit Section 3 of the Library GPL 2.0 lets a licensee apply the ordinary GPL, version 2 or a newer version, to a copy instead, as section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 does.

GNU Library General Public License v2 or later version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-only

Manual edit Section 3 of the Library GPL 2.0 lets a licensee apply the ordinary GPL, version 2 or a newer version, to a copy instead, as section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 does.

GNU Library General Public License v2 only version 3 2026-10-02

added Prohibition: Add limitation

Manual edit The text forbids further restrictions: "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." A rider can therefore not be read together with the license.

GNU Library General Public License v2 only version 3 2026-10-02

changed Duty: Share alike

was Duty: Share alike

Manual edit The share alike names the ways of combining it reaches and quotes the sentences that settle them (dalicc:reachesCombination, dalicc:reachEvidence). Mere aggregation and a work that uses the Library are outside it; the Library and works based on it are inside. Output is covered when its contents are a work based on the Library, so a work made with the Library is recorded as reached.

GNU Library General Public License v2 only version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

Manual edit Section 3 of the Library GPL 2.0 lets a licensee apply the ordinary GPL, version 2 or a newer version, to a copy instead, as section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 does.

GNU Library General Public License v2 only version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

Manual edit Section 3 of the Library GPL 2.0 lets a licensee apply the ordinary GPL, version 2 or a newer version, to a copy instead, as section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 does.

GNU Library General Public License v2 only version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-or-later

Manual edit Section 3 of the Library GPL 2.0 lets a licensee apply the ordinary GPL, version 2 or a newer version, to a copy instead, as section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 does.

GNU Library General Public License v2 only version 3 2026-10-02

added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-only

Manual edit Section 3 of the Library GPL 2.0 lets a licensee apply the ordinary GPL, version 2 or a newer version, to a copy instead, as section 3 of the LGPL 2.1 does.