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| Author | CEA, CNRS, & INRIA |
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| Latest version | 2.1 |
| Publisher | CEA, CNRS, & INRIA |
| Published | 21 June 2013 |
| SPDX identifier | CECILL-1.0, CECILL-1.1, CECILL-2.0, CECILL-2.1, CECILL-B, CECILL-C |
| Debian FSG compatible | Yes |
| FSF approved | Yes |
| OSI approved | Yes (2.1 only) |
| GPL compatible | Yes |
| Copyleft | Yes |
| Linking from code with a different licence | No |
| Website | cecill |
CeCILL (from CEA CNRS INRIA Logiciel Libre) is a free software license adapted to both international and French legal matters, in the spirit of and retaining compatibility with the GNU General Public License (GPL).
It was jointly developed by a number of French agencies: the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (Atomic Energy Commission), the Centre National de la recherche scientifique (National Centre for Scientific Research) and the Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control). It was announced on 5 July 2004 in a joint press communication of the CEA, CNRS and INRIA.
It has gained support of the main French Linux User Group and the Minister of Public Function, and was considered for adoption at the European level before the European Union Public Licence was created.