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DescriptionLicenses colored by license type.svg |
English: Relicensing options amongst w:free software licenses |
Date | 23:11, 5 July 2010 (UTC) |
Source | I (h2g2bob (talk)) created this work entirely by myself. |
Author | h2g2bob (talk) |
Key[edit]
Arrows show how software with one license can be re-released under a different license (old license → new license)
- Red: Copyleft licenses not allowing linking from code with a different license
- Yellow: Copyleft licenses allowing linking from code with a different license
- Green: Non-copyleft licenses
License[edit]
This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. | |
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse |
Source code[edit]
digraph license_compatibility {
graph [ranksep=0.5, fontname=DejaVu Sans, nodesep=0.125];
edge [color=black];
node [fontname=DejaVu Sans, style=filled, height=0, width=0, shape=box, fontcolor=black, color=lightgrey, \fontsize=10];
subgraph non_copyleft {
node[color="palegreen"];
// rank=cluster;
// http://opensource.org/proliferation-report:
// Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities
apache2[label="Apache\nLicense, v2"]; // copyleft=no, dfsg=yes, linking=yes
bsd3c[label="3 clause BSD\n(New BSD)"]; // copyleft=no, dfsg=yes, linking=yes
x11[label="X11 License\n(MIT License)"]; // copyleft=no, dfsg=yes, linking=yes
// http://opensource.org/proliferation-report:
// Other/Miscellaneous licenses
artistic2[label="Artistic\nLicense, v2"]; // copyleft=no, dsfg=yes, linking=yes
zlib[label="Zlib License"]; // copyleft=no, dfsg=yes, linking=yes
// More licenses not mentioned in report
bsd4c[label="4 clause BSD\n(Original BSD)"]; // copyleft=no, dfsg=yes, linking=yes
bsd2c[label="2 clause BSD\n(FreeBSD)"]; // copyleft=no, dfsg=yes, linking=yes
ms_pl[label="Microsoft\nPublic License"]; // copyleft=no, dfsg=?, linking=yes
}
subgraph can_link_nonfree {
node[color="lightgoldenrod"];
// rank=cluster;
// http://opensource.org/proliferation-report:
// Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities
lgpl2[label="Lesser\nGPL, v2"]; // copyleft=yes, dfsg=yes, linking=yes
mozilla1_1[label="Mozilla Public\nLicense, v1.1"]; // copyleft="limited", dfsg=yes, linking=yes
cpl[label="Common\nPublic License"]; // copyleft=yes, dfsg=yes, linking=yes
eclipse[label="Eclipse\nPublic License"]; // copyleft=yes, dfsg=?, linking=yes
// http://opensource.org/proliferation-report:
// Non-reusable licenses
// "Many ... of these licenses fall into the category of vanity licenses."
python[label="Python\nLicense"];
// More licenses not mentioned in report
lgpl3[label="Lesser\nGPL, v3"];
lgpl2later[label="Lesser GPL,\nv2 or later"];
}
subgraph strong_copyleft {
node[color="pink2"];
// rank=cluster;
// http://opensource.org/proliferation-report:
// Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities
gpl2[label="GPL, v2"]; // copyleft=yes, dfsg=yes, linking=no
cddl[label="CDDL"]; // Common Development and Distribution License: copyleft=yes, dfsg=?, linking=no
// More licenses not mentioned in report
gpl3[label="GPL, v3"];
gpl2later[label="GPL, v2 or later"];
affero1[label="Affero\nGPL, v1"]; // copyleft=yes, dfsg=yes, linking=no
affero3[label="Affero\nGPL, v3"]; // copyleft=yes, dfsg=yes, linking=no
affero1later[label="Affero GPL,\nv1 or later"]; // copyleft=yes, dfsg=yes, linking=no
ms_rl[label="Microsoft\nReciprocal License"]; // copyleft=yes, dfsg=?, linking=no
}
gpl2later -> gpl2;
gpl2later -> gpl3;
lgpl2later -> lgpl2;
lgpl2later -> lgpl3;
lgpl2later -> gpl2later;
lgpl2 -> gpl2;
lgpl3 -> gpl3;
apache2 -> gpl3;
artistic2 -> gpl2later;
gpl3 -> affero3;
affero1later -> affero1;
affero1later -> affero3;
bsd2c -> bsd3c; // lgpl2later;
bsd3c -> lgpl2later;
bsd3c -> bsd4c;
python -> lgpl2later;
zlib -> lgpl2later;
ms_pl -> ms_rl;
x11 -> lgpl2later;
}
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