European Union Public Licence

European Union Public Licence
AuthorEuropean Commission
Latest version1.2
PublisherEuropean Union
PublishedJanuary 2007 (v 1.0), May 2017 (v 1.2)
SPDX identifierEUPL-1.0, EUPL-1.1, EUPL-1.2
Debian FSG compatibleYes[1]
FSF approvedYes[2][3]
OSI approvedYes[4]
GPL compatibleYes, by licensing derivatives that include GPL covered code[2][3]
CopyleftYes[2][3]
Linking from code with a different licenceYes, as it depends on the applicable copyright law in the European Union country where the Licensor resides or has his or her registered office for defining what qualifies as a derivative work.[5]
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The European Union Public Licence (EUPL) is a free software licence that was written and approved by the European Commission. The licence is available in 23 official languages of the European Union. All linguistic versions have the same validity. Its latest version, EUPL v1.2, was published in May 2017. Revised documentation for v1.2 was issued in late‑2021.[6]

Software, mainly produced by European administrations[vague][citation needed], has been licensed under the EUPL[7] since the launch of the European Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR) in October 2008, now part of Joinup collaborative platform.[8]

  1. ^ "ausweisapp2 in Debian Package Tracker". Debian Package Tracker. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Donald Robertson (26 June 2018). "European Union Public License v. 1.2 added to license list". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Various Licenses and Comments about Them". The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ OSI approval published on Joinup
  5. ^ "EUPL 1.1" (PDF).
  6. ^ Schmitz, Patrice-Emmanuel (30 September 2021). European Union Public Licence (EUPL) Guidelines July 2021 — NO-08-21-281-EN-N. Brussels, Belgium: Directorate-General for Informatics, European Commission. doi:10.2799/77160. ISBN 978-92-76-41527-5. Landing page.
  7. ^ "Joinup forge". Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  8. ^ "Osor.eu migration". Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-06-13.