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EUPL 1.2 does not have a same-license requirement #1117

Closed willfaught closed 1 year ago

willfaught commented 1 year ago

It explicitly lets you convert to a less restrictive license (e.g. in terms of network use), like GPL v2. It allows conversion to half a dozen other licenses that it explicitly lists. It shouldn't have a green dot under the "Same license" column.

mlinksva commented 1 year ago

The definition (see the tool tip) of same-license is broader, and other licenses also allow use of other licenses under some conditions. Possibly a different keyword would be ideal but I don't think it's necessary to change now.

mlinksva commented 1 year ago

Tangent: Also taking opportunity to mention again (though I don't know that I have anywhere with respect to EUPL, but have in distant past with respect to CC-BY-SA-4.0 is compatible licenses and MPL-2.0 and its secondary licenses) -- I'd really enjoy reading about projects that have successfully used these compatibility affordances in the wild.