Code Project Open License
| Author | The Code Project |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.02 |
| Publisher | The Code Project |
| Published | April 15, 2008 |
| DFSG compatible | No[1] |
| FSF approved | No[2] |
| OSI approved | No[3] |
| GPL compatible | No[2] |
| Copyleft | No[2] |
| Linking from code with a different license | Unclear |
| Website | www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx |
The Code Project Open License (CPOL) is a software license published by The Code Project, a community site for software developers. The license is mainly applied to content that is being published on the site. Its main points subject to the terms of the license are:[4]
- Source Code and Executable Files can be used in commercial applications;
- Source Code and Executable Files can be redistributed; and
- Source Code can be modified to create derivative works.
- No claim of suitability, guarantee, or any warranty whatsoever is provided. The software is provided "as-is".
The license itself grants copyright and patent protection to the developer. The Code Project has a comparison of the CPOL to other open-source licenses on their site. Further, the license provides a distinction and clarification between the source code available for download and the source code's author's articles and writings about that content.
The "Open" in the name Code Project Open License refers to the license offering accessibility to the software's source code. The license is not "Open" in the strict sense as defined by the Open Source Initiative since it places restrictions on how the software can be used, such as forbidding its use in illegal, immoral or improper material as well as a prohibition on commercial distribution of the code in isolation.
The CPOL is strictly for source code that is gratis, but is not recognized as a free or open license by the Free Software Foundation due to the restrictions within the CPOL forbidding usage for illegal purposes and the restrictions on selling the code without permission.[citation needed] The license is thus incompatible with the GNU General Public License and some other free software licenses.
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[edit] References
- ^ "License information". Debian. http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Licenses". The Code Project. July 1, 2007. http://www.codeproject.com/info/Licenses.aspx. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
- ^ "Licenses by Name". Open Source Initiative. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
- ^ "The Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02". The Code Project. April 15, 2008. http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
