Adaptive Public License
Topic: Software
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Short description: Open-source license
| Author | University of Victoria |
|---|---|
| DFSG compatible | ? |
| FSF approved | ? |
| OSI approved | Yes |
| GPL compatible | ? |
| Copyleft | Yes |
| Linking from code with a different license | ? |
The Adaptive Public License (APL) is an open-source license from the University of Victoria. It is a weak copyleft, adaptable template license that has been approved by the Open Source Initiative.
The Initial Contributor for a project sets up the license conditions for that project by choosing their specific options from the license template. Choices include:
- whether or not to grant patent rights
- governing jurisdiction
- limited attribution and branding clauses
- the scope of how widely the source can be distributed before being obliged to contribute code changes
- the extent to which changes need to be documented
Selected programs licensed under the APL
- MusicDNS
- SwisTrack
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