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Harshula Jayasuriya edited this page Jan 1, 2024 · 1 revision

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  • Relevant licenses: GPL, LGPL, Apache, BSD,

  • Copyright of software is held by the creator(s) of the software or person/entity the creators have explicitly assigned the copyright to.

  • All the copyright holder(s) are the only ones permitted to change a license, unless the current license has explicit permissions to change the license. e.g. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#AllCompatibility

  • ACCESS-OM2 is a name given to a set of software components. Each of the software components have licenses. ACCESS-OM2 does not have a license. e.g. A GNU/Linux distribution does not have a software license, the software components of the distribution have licences.

  • Software components can have incompatible licensing depending on their relationship with other software components. e.g. GNU/Linux

  • Running two executables with incompatible licenses is acceptable, even when there is communication between the two.

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