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2026

Changes to the license models

What DALICC changed in its curated models, when, and why.

A license model is corrected when a reading of the legal text turns out to be wrong. Every correction changes what the compatibility checker answers, so each change below names the reason behind it and links to the record it was made on.

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  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Exempted material

    was Prohibition: Exempted material

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "The Data is not licensed under this License."

  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Reproduce

    was Permission: Reproduce

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Complementary Material, the Model, and Derivatives of the Model."

  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "You must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Model, Derivatives of the Model." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must give any Third Party recipients of the Model or Derivatives of the Model a copy of this License; 3." Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices stating that You changed the files; 4." Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "Use-based restrictions as referenced in paragraph 5 MUST be included as an enforceable provision by You in any type of legal agreement (e.g. a license) governing the use and/or distribution of the Model or Derivatives of the Model, and You shall give notice to subsequent users You Distribute to, that the Model or Derivatives of the Model are subject to paragraph 5."

  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "You must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Model, Derivatives of the Model." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must give any Third Party recipients of the Model or Derivatives of the Model a copy of this License; 3." Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices stating that You changed the files; 4." Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "Use-based restrictions as referenced in paragraph 5 MUST be included as an enforceable provision by You in any type of legal agreement (e.g. a license) governing the use and/or distribution of the Model or Derivatives of the Model, and You shall give notice to subsequent users You Distribute to, that the Model or Derivatives of the Model are subject to paragraph 5."

  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "You must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Model, Derivatives of the Model." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must give any Third Party recipients of the Model or Derivatives of the Model a copy of this License; 3." Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices stating that You changed the files; 4." Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "Use-based restrictions as referenced in paragraph 5 MUST be included as an enforceable provision by You in any type of legal agreement (e.g. a license) governing the use and/or distribution of the Model or Derivatives of the Model, and You shall give notice to subsequent users You Distribute to, that the Model or Derivatives of the Model are subject to paragraph 5."

  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Use for model training

    was Permission: Use for model training

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Use may include creating any content with, finetuning, updating, running, training, evaluating and/or reparametrizing the Model."

  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Network use trigger, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement

    was Permission: Network use trigger, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may host for Third Party remote access purposes (e.g. software-as-a-service), reproduce and distribute copies of the Model or Derivatives of the Model thereof in any medium, with or without modifications, provided that You meet the following conditions: 1." Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "You must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Model, Derivatives of the Model." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must give any Third Party recipients of the Model or Derivatives of the Model a copy of this License; 3." Its duty dalicc:addStatement quotes "Use-based restrictions as referenced in paragraph 5 MUST be included as an enforceable provision by You in any type of legal agreement (e.g. a license) governing the use and/or distribution of the Model or Derivatives of the Model, and You shall give notice to subsequent users You Distribute to, that the Model or Derivatives of the Model are subject to paragraph 5."

  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    Manual edit The statement is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing: the text does not state it in as many words. Its duty dalicc:compliantLicense is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing.

  • BigScience RAIL License v1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added License: >

    Manual edit Every record is published under CC BY 4.0. cc:license names the record DALICC keeps of that licence; dct:license now names it by the address Creative Commons publishes it at, so that a consumer matching the canonical IRI finds it.

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Promote

    was Prohibition: Promote

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Nothing in this License Agreement permits You to make Use of Licensors’ trademarks, trade names, logos or to otherwise suggest endorsement or misrepresent the relationship between the parties; and any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by the Licensors."

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Exempted material

    was Prohibition: Exempted material

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "The Data is not licensed under this License Agreement."

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Reproduce

    was Permission: Reproduce

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement and where and as applicable, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, copyright license to reproduce, prepare, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense under the terms herein, and distribute the Model and Modifications of the Model."

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "Give any recipients a copy of this License Agreement;" Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "Retain all Explanatory Documentation; and if sharing Modifications of the Model, add Explanatory Documentation of the same or better quality documenting the changes made to create the Modifications of the Model; and"

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "Give any recipients a copy of this License Agreement;" Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "Retain all Explanatory Documentation; and if sharing Modifications of the Model, add Explanatory Documentation of the same or better quality documenting the changes made to create the Modifications of the Model; and"

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement, Modification notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "Give any recipients a copy of this License Agreement;" Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "Retain all Explanatory Documentation; and if sharing Modifications of the Model, add Explanatory Documentation of the same or better quality documenting the changes made to create the Modifications of the Model; and"

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Network use trigger, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement

    was Permission: Network use trigger, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Add statement

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices." Its duty cc:Notice quotes "Give any recipients a copy of this License Agreement;"

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    Manual edit The statement is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing: the text does not state it in as many words. Its duty dalicc:compliantLicense is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing.

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Duty: Contribution grant back

    was Duty: Contribution grant back

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Unless You explicitly state otherwise, any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Model by You to the Licensor shall be under the terms and conditions of this License, without any additional terms or conditions."

  • BigCode Open RAIL-M v1 License Agreement version 2 2026-09-24

    added License: >

    Manual edit Every record is published under CC BY 4.0. cc:license names the record DALICC keeps of that licence; dct:license now names it by the address Creative Commons publishes it at, so that a consumer matching the canonical IRI finds it.

  • Beerware License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    Manual edit The statement is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing: the text does not state it in as many words. Its duty dalicc:compliantLicense is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing.

  • Beerware License version 2 2026-09-24

    added License: >

    Manual edit Every record is published under CC BY 4.0. cc:license names the record DALICC keeps of that licence; dct:license now names it by the address Creative Commons publishes it at, so that a consumer matching the canonical IRI finds it.

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Promote

    was Prohibition: Promote

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of Licensor or its affiliates (provided that you may use a trademark or logo of Licensor as expressly required by this License)."

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Reproduce

    was Permission: Reproduce

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work."

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of the Licensed Work." Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License."

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of the Licensed Work." Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License."

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Notice, Share alike

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Notice quotes "You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of the Licensed Work." Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License."

  • Business Source License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    added License: >

    Manual edit Every record is published under CC BY 4.0. cc:license names the record DALICC keeps of that licence; dct:license now names it by the address Creative Commons publishes it at, so that a consumer matching the canonical IRI finds it.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Grant use

    Review finding The grant runs "to use, reproduce, display, distribute, execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to do so". The record prohibited odrl:grantUse, the exact opposite. Removed the prohibition and added the permission.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Promote

    Manual edit The endorsement prohibition rested on no sentence of the text; the default rule for endorsement now supplies it.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Grant use

    Review finding cc:ShareAlike was modelled as a permission carrying a cc:Notice duty. cc:ShareAlike is a duty term: as a permission it means nothing the general grant does not already say, and the dependency graph treats an asserted share-alike as contradicting odrl:grantUse, which is why the record had to prohibit sublicensing to stay consistent. The Boost license imposes no share-alike. Removed. Flagged by the family conventions checked before the review.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    Manual edit Permit relicensing on permissive licences; the notice clause is a duty, not a bar. Library convention 15: a licence that asks for no reciprocity and no source code asks only that the notice travels with the copy, which is a duty on the acts it governs and not a bar on putting the copy under other terms. dalicc:ChangeLicense is therefore a permission here, and the prohibition the record carried before is removed. The text reads: "Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization obtaining a copy of the software ... to use, reproduce, display, distribute, execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to do so, all subject to the following: The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement ... must be included in all copies of the Software." The permission carries the dalicc:compliantLicense duty, as Apache-2.0 does, because the notice has to survive the relicensing.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    Manual edit The statement is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing: the text does not state it in as many words. Its duty dalicc:compliantLicense is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Permission: Share alike, with the duties Notice

    Review finding cc:ShareAlike was modelled as a permission carrying a cc:Notice duty. cc:ShareAlike is a duty term: as a permission it means nothing the general grant does not already say, and the dependency graph treats an asserted share-alike as contradicting odrl:grantUse, which is why the record had to prohibit sublicensing to stay consistent. The Boost license imposes no share-alike. Removed. Flagged by the family conventions checked before the review.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Publisher: "- not specified - "

    Manual edit Library conventions 10 and 14: the disclaimer paragraph held the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE', and dct:publisher and cc:attributionName were the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added License: >

    Manual edit Every record is published under CC BY 4.0. cc:license names the record DALICC keeps of that licence; dct:license now names it by the address Creative Commons publishes it at, so that a consumer matching the canonical IRI finds it.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Reviewed on: "2026-09-15"

    Review state Every record records how far it has come in the editorial workflow and when it was last checked against the legal text.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Review status: Reviewed

    Review state Every record records how far it has come in the editorial workflow and when it was last checked against the legal text.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Warranty disclaimer: "THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE...

    was Warranty disclaimer: "THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE...

    Manual edit Library conventions 10 and 14: the disclaimer paragraph held the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE', and dct:publisher and cc:attributionName were the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Limitation of liability: "IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILIT...

    Manual edit Library conventions 10 and 14: the disclaimer paragraph held the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE', and dct:publisher and cc:attributionName were the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • Boost Software License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Attribution name: "- not specified - "

    Manual edit Library conventions 10 and 14: the disclaimer paragraph held the liability sentence, which begins 'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE', and dct:publisher and cc:attributionName were the placeholder '- not specified - '.

  • BSD - ask to endorse version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Promote

    was Prohibition: Promote

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that neither the name of Emin Martinian nor the names of any contributors are be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

  • BSD - ask to endorse version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license

    was Permission: Change license

    Manual edit The statement is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing: the text does not state it in as many words.

  • BSD - ask to endorse version 2 2026-09-24

    added License: >

    Manual edit Every record is published under CC BY 4.0. cc:license names the record DALICC keeps of that licence; dct:license now names it by the address Creative Commons publishes it at, so that a consumer matching the canonical IRI finds it.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Prohibition: Change license

    Manual edit Permit relicensing on permissive licences; the notice clause is a duty, not a bar. Library convention 15: a licence that asks for no reciprocity and no source code asks only that the notice travels with the copy, which is a duty on the acts it governs and not a bar on putting the copy under other terms. dalicc:ChangeLicense is therefore a permission here, and the prohibition the record carried before is removed. The text reads: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer." The permission carries the dalicc:compliantLicense duty, as Apache-2.0 does, because the notice has to survive the relicensing.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Advertising acknowledgement

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the disclaimer paragraph held both sentences and the advertising clause had no duty. The text says 'All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement', which is the new dalicc:advertisingAcknowledgement duty on distribution; dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.'.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Advertising acknowledgement

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Advertising acknowledgement

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:advertisingAcknowledgement quotes "All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by the organization."

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    Manual edit Permit relicensing on permissive licences; the notice clause is a duty, not a bar. Library convention 15: a licence that asks for no reciprocity and no source code asks only that the notice travels with the copy, which is a duty on the acts it governs and not a bar on putting the copy under other terms. dalicc:ChangeLicense is therefore a permission here, and the prohibition the record carried before is removed. The text reads: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer." The permission carries the dalicc:compliantLicense duty, as Apache-2.0 does, because the notice has to survive the relicensing.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    was Permission: Change license, with the duties Use a compliant license

    Manual edit The statement is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing: the text does not state it in as many words. Its duty dalicc:compliantLicense is marked as a library convention, family rule 15: Permissive records permit relicensing.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Source: BSD-4-Clause.html>

    was Source: BSD-4-Clause-UC.html>

    Review finding dct:source pointed at https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-4-Clause-UC.html, the University of California specific license, while spdx:licenseId says BSD-4-Clause, which is the generic one. Repointed dct:source at the generic SPDX page and added the same URL as cc:legalcode, which was missing entirely.

  • The 4-Clause BSD License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Publisher: "N.N."

    was Publisher: "University of California-Specific"

    Review decision Review decision 11: the record models the generic four-clause text, not the Berkeley variant, so the advertising clause, the disclaimer and the publisher were set to the generic wording.

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