Artistic License

This article is about the software license. For the artistic concept, see Artistic license. For the album by Santi Debriano, see Artistic License (album).
Not to be confused with Free Art License.
Artistic License
AuthorThe Perl Foundation
Latest version2.0
PublisherThe Perl Foundation
Published?
SPDX identifierArtistic-1.0
Artistic-1.0-cl8
Artistic-1.0-Perl
Artistic-2.0
ClArtistic
Debian FSG compatibleYes[1]
FSF approved1.0 No (Yes, for Clarified Artistic License), 2.0 Yes
OSI approvedYes (both)
GPL compatible1.0 No (Yes, for Clarified Artistic License), 2.0 Yes
CopyleftNo[2]
Linking from code with a different licenceYes
Websitewww.perlfoundation.org/artistic-license-20.html Edit this on Wikidata

The Artistic License is an open-source license used for certain free and open-source software packages, most notably the standard implementation of the Perl programming language and most CPAN modules, which are dual-licensed under the Artistic License and the GNU General Public License (GPL).

  1. ^ "DFSG Licenses – The DFSG and Software Licenses". Debian Wiki. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  2. ^ "Re: For Approval: Artistic License 2.0: msg#00055". March 14, 2007. Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2009.