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2026

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.

3397 changes with the reason "Manual edit", page 68 of 68.

  • GNU Affero General Public License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Terminates On Breach: "true"

    Manual edit Section 13 is modelled at last: a dalicc:networkUseTrigger permission carrying a cc:SourceCode duty, for "your modified version must prominently offer all users interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding Source of your version". Section 8 gives dalicc:terminatesOnBreach and the cure period, "you cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice", and section 11 of the GNU General Public License version 3, which this licence incorporates, gives the patent grant: "Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under the contributor's essential patent claims".

  • GNU Affero General Public License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Cure Period: "30 days"

    Manual edit Section 13 is modelled at last: a dalicc:networkUseTrigger permission carrying a cc:SourceCode duty, for "your modified version must prominently offer all users interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding Source of your version". Section 8 gives dalicc:terminatesOnBreach and the cure period, "you cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice", and section 11 of the GNU General Public License version 3, which this licence incorporates, gives the patent grant: "Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under the contributor's essential patent claims".

  • GNU Affero General Public License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 13 reads: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have permission to link or combine any covered work with a work licensed under version 3 of the GNU General Public License into a single combined work, and to convey the resulting work." A work under this licence can therefore go into a combined work released under GPL-3.0; the GPL text says the same the other way round.

  • GNU Affero General Public License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

    Manual edit Section 13 reads: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have permission to link or combine any covered work with a work licensed under version 3 of the GNU General Public License into a single combined work, and to convey the resulting work." A work under this licence can therefore go into a combined work released under GPL-3.0; the GPL text says the same the other way round.

  • GNU Affero General Public License 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.

  • GNU Affero General Public License version 2 2026-09-24

    added 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 review's finding on family consistency: the record did not carry section 4 of the text, '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', which every GNU record now carries.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Patent license ends on a patent claim

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Add statement

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Share alike

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Patent grant

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Permission: No-warranty notice

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 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 Its duty dalicc:compliantLicense quotes "to distribute or communicate copies of the Original Work and Derivative Works to the public, under any license of your choice that does not contradict the terms and conditions ... in this Academic Free License"

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Publisher: "- not specified - "

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 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.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Warranty disclaimer: "Licensor warrants that the copyright in and to the Original Work and the patent rights granted herein by Licensor are o...

    was Warranty disclaimer: "Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Limitation of liability: "Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Attribution name: "- not specified - "

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record prohibited cc:ShareAlike and dalicc:addStatement without support, permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice although no clause of the AFL grants such a right, kept the limitation of liability inside dalicc:WarrantyDisclaimer while section 7, the disclaimer of warranty, was absent, made no patent statement although section 2 grants one and section 10 ends it on patent litigation, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Academic Free License v2.1 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: "Neither the names of Licensor, nor the names of any contributors to the Original Work, nor any of their trademarks or service marks, may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Original Work without express prior written permission of the Licensor."

  • Academic Free License v2.1 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: "Licensor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, sublicenseable license to do the following:"

  • Academic Free License v2.1 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.

  • Academic Free License v2.0 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: "Neither the names of Licensor, nor the names of any contributors to the Original Work, nor any of their trademarks or service marks, may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Original Work without express prior written permission of the Licensor."

  • Academic Free License v2.0 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: "Licensor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, sublicenseable license to do the following: a) to reproduce the Original Work in copies;"

  • Academic Free License v2.0 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.

  • Academic Free License v1.2 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 Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must retain, in the Source Code of any Derivative Works that You create, all copyright, patent or trademark notices from the Source Code of the Original Work, as well as any notices of licensing and any descriptive text identified therein as an "Attribution Notice." You must cause the Source Code for any Derivative Works that You create to carry a prominent Attribution Notice reasonably calculated to inform recipients that You have modified the Original Work."

  • Academic Free License v1.2 version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must retain, in the Source Code of any Derivative Works that You create, all copyright, patent or trademark notices from the Source Code of the Original Work, as well as any notices of licensing and any descriptive text identified therein as an "Attribution Notice." You must cause the Source Code for any Derivative Works that You create to carry a prominent Attribution Notice reasonably calculated to inform recipients that You have modified the Original Work."

  • Academic Free License v1.2 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.

  • Academic Free License v1.1 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:Attribution quotes "Redistributions of the Original Work must reproduce all copyright notices in the Original Work as furnished by the Licensor, both in the Original Work itself and in any documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution of the Original Work in executable form."

  • Academic Free License v1.1 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 Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Redistributions of the Original Work must reproduce all copyright notices in the Original Work as furnished by the Licensor, both in the Original Work itself and in any documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution of the Original Work in executable form."

  • Academic Free License v1.1 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:Attribution quotes "Redistributions of the Original Work must reproduce all copyright notices in the Original Work as furnished by the Licensor, both in the Original Work itself and in any documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution of the Original Work in executable form."

  • Academic Free License v1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Charge license fee

    was Permission: Charge license fee

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Licensor hereby grants to any person obtaining a copy of the Original Work ("You") a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, non-sublicenseable license"

  • Academic Free 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.

  • Attribution Assurance 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 nor any trademark of the Author may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

  • Attribution Assurance License 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:Attribution quotes "Redistributions of the Code in binary form must be accompanied by this GPG-signed text in any documentation and, each time the resulting executable program or a program dependent thereon is launched, a prominent display (e.g., splash screen or banner text) of the Author's attribution information, which includes:"

  • Attribution Assurance License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derivative works, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Derivative works, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Redistributions of the Code in binary form must be accompanied by this GPG-signed text in any documentation and, each time the resulting executable program or a program dependent thereon is launched, a prominent display (e.g., splash screen or banner text) of the Author's attribution information, which includes:"

  • Attribution Assurance 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.

  • Attribution Assurance License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Warranty disclaimer: "THIS FREE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR \"AS IS\" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITE...

    was Warranty disclaimer: "THIS FREE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR \"AS IS\" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITE...

    Manual edit Library convention 10: the disclaimer paragraph held both the warranty sentence and the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR BE LIABLE'. It is split, as the 116 records of the standard-license addition split it.

  • Attribution Assurance License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Limitation of liability: "IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR...

    Manual edit Library convention 10: the disclaimer paragraph held both the warranty sentence and the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR BE LIABLE'. It is split, as the 116 records of the standard-license addition split it.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 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.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Add statement

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice and prohibited dalicc:addStatement, neither of which the Zero Clause BSD text states, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - ' as its publisher and attribution name. The whole operative text is 'Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.' The disclaimer paragraph is split at 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE'.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Permission: No-warranty notice

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice and prohibited dalicc:addStatement, neither of which the Zero Clause BSD text states, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - ' as its publisher and attribution name. The whole operative text is 'Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.' The disclaimer paragraph is split at 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE'.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: 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: "Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted." The permission carries no duty, as on the public-domain dedications, because nothing has to travel with the copy.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 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.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Publisher: "- not specified - "

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice and prohibited dalicc:addStatement, neither of which the Zero Clause BSD text states, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - ' as its publisher and attribution name. The whole operative text is 'Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.' The disclaimer paragraph is split at 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE'.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 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.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Warranty disclaimer: "THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL I...

    was Warranty disclaimer: "THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL I...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice and prohibited dalicc:addStatement, neither of which the Zero Clause BSD text states, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - ' as its publisher and attribution name. The whole operative text is 'Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.' The disclaimer paragraph is split at 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE'.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Limitation of liability: "IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATS...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice and prohibited dalicc:addStatement, neither of which the Zero Clause BSD text states, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - ' as its publisher and attribution name. The whole operative text is 'Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.' The disclaimer paragraph is split at 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE'.

  • Free Public License 1.0.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Attribution name: "- not specified - "

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record permitted dalicc:noWarrantyNotice and prohibited dalicc:addStatement, neither of which the Zero Clause BSD text states, and carried the placeholder '- not specified - ' as its publisher and attribution name. The whole operative text is 'Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.' The disclaimer paragraph is split at 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE'.

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