European Union Public Licence
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The European Union Public Licence (EUPL) is a free software licence that has been drafted by the European Union.
Its latest version is version 1.0, which was approved by the European Commission on 9 January 2007. This licence is intended to be used for the distribution of software developed in the framework of the IDABC programme.
The main differentiator is its focusing on being compatible with the current copyright law in the 25 (now 27) member states of UE.
[edit] Compatible licences
As stated on the EUPL appendix, this licence is compatible with other free software licences:
- General Public License (GPL) v. 2
- Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0
- Common Public License v. 1.0
- Eclipse Public License v. 1.0
- Cecill v. 2.0
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Documentation on European Union Public Licence at IDABC
- Full English text of the licence (PDF)
- "On the EUPL" by Georg C. F. Greve of the Free Software Foundation
- "The EUPL: A license worth considering?", InfoWorld article
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