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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.

3130 changes with the reason "Manual edit", page 11 of 63.

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code

    Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "You must inform recipients that the Source Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Sublicense

    Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: the record said nothing about three clauses its text-modelled sibling MPL-2.0-no-copyleft-exception quotes. Section 2.1 grants the right to 'use, reproduce, make available, modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its Contributions', which is the derivative-works permission; section 3.2(a) lets the distributor pass on the source 'at a charge no more than the cost of distribution to the recipient', which is the distribution fee; and section 3.2(b) lets the distributor 'distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this License, or sublicense it under different terms', which is the sublicensing permission.

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Patent grant

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record made no patent statement although section 2.1(b) grants a patent license and section 5.2 is a retaliation clause, and it hung cc:ShareAlike off the license although MPL 2.0 reciprocity is file level: 'You must inform recipients that the Source Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this License' (3.1), while 3.2(b) lets a Larger Work go out 'under terms of Your choice'.

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Charge distribution fee

    Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: the record said nothing about three clauses its text-modelled sibling MPL-2.0-no-copyleft-exception quotes. Section 2.1 grants the right to 'use, reproduce, make available, modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its Contributions', which is the derivative-works permission; section 3.2(a) lets the distributor pass on the source 'at a charge no more than the cost of distribution to the recipient', which is the distribution fee; and section 3.2(b) lets the distributor 'distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this License, or sublicense it under different terms', which is the sublicensing permission.

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Change license

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record made no patent statement although section 2.1(b) grants a patent license and section 5.2 is a retaliation clause, and it hung cc:ShareAlike off the license although MPL 2.0 reciprocity is file level: 'You must inform recipients that the Source Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this License' (3.1), while 3.2(b) lets a Larger Work go out 'under terms of Your choice'.

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Derivative works

    Manual edit Weak-copyleft family alignment of 2026-09-15: the record said nothing about three clauses its text-modelled sibling MPL-2.0-no-copyleft-exception quotes. Section 2.1 grants the right to 'use, reproduce, make available, modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its Contributions', which is the derivative-works permission; section 3.2(a) lets the distributor pass on the source 'at a charge no more than the cost of distribution to the recipient', which is the distribution fee; and section 3.2(b) lets the distributor 'distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this License, or sublicense it under different terms', which is the sublicensing permission.

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    removed Duty: Share alike

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency and consolidation decision 4: the record made no patent statement although section 2.1(b) grants a patent license and section 5.2 is a retaliation clause, and it hung cc:ShareAlike off the license although MPL 2.0 reciprocity is file level: 'You must inform recipients that the Source Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this License' (3.1), while 3.2(b) lets a Larger Work go out 'under terms of Your choice'.

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 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.

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: LGPL-3.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: LGPL-3.0-only

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: LGPL-2.1-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: LGPL-2.1-only

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-only

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: AGPL-3.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: AGPL-3.0

    Manual edit Section 3.3 reads: "If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software under the terms of such Secondary License(s)", and Section 1.12 defines a Secondary License as "either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those licenses."

  • Motosoto License 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: "No right is granted to the trademarks of Licensor or any Contributor even if such marks are included in the Licensed Product."

  • Motosoto License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license

    was Permission: Change license

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Any Modifications that you create or to which you contribute may be distributed only under the terms of this License or a future version of this License released under Section 7."

  • Motosoto 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.

  • The MirOS Licence version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Present

    was Permission: Present

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Provided that these terms and disclaimer and all copyright notices are retained or reproduced in an accompanying document, permission is granted to deal in this work without restriction, including unlimited rights to use, publicly perform, distribute, sell, modify, merge, give away, or sublicence."

  • The MirOS Licence version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Provided that these terms and disclaimer and all copyright notices are retained or reproduced in an accompanying document, permission is granted to deal in this work without restriction, including unlimited rights to use, publicly perform, distribute, sell, modify, merge, give away, or sublicence."

  • The MirOS Licence version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Removed the quoted evidence of duty cc:Attribution on odrl:derive, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:distribute, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:modify: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.

  • The MirOS Licence version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Provided that these terms and disclaimer and all copyright notices are retained or reproduced in an accompanying document, permission is granted to deal in this work without restriction, including unlimited rights to use, publicly perform, distribute, sell, modify, merge, give away, or sublicence."

  • The MirOS Licence version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Removed the quoted evidence of duty cc:Attribution on odrl:derive, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:distribute, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:modify: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.

  • The MirOS Licence version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Provided that these terms and disclaimer and all copyright notices are retained or reproduced in an accompanying document, permission is granted to deal in this work without restriction, including unlimited rights to use, publicly perform, distribute, sell, modify, merge, give away, or sublicence."

  • The MirOS Licence version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Removed the quoted evidence of duty cc:Attribution on odrl:derive, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:distribute, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:modify: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.

  • The MirOS Licence 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 MirOS Licence 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.

  • Microsoft Public License 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: "Conditions and Limitations (A) No Trademark License- This license does not grant you rights to use any contributors' name, logo, or trademarks."

  • Microsoft Public License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Prohibition: Patent license ends on a patent claim

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.' and the record made no patent statement although section 2(B) grants 'a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed patents' and section 3(B) ends that grant on a patent claim, exactly as the new MS-RL record models them.

  • Microsoft Public License version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Patent grant

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.' and the record made no patent statement although section 2(B) grants 'a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed patents' and section 3(B) ends that grant on a patent claim, exactly as the new MS-RL record models them.

  • Microsoft Public 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.

  • Microsoft Public License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Publisher: "Microsoft"

    was Publisher: "N.N."

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: dct:publisher was the placeholder 'N.N.' and the record made no patent statement although section 2(B) grants 'a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed patents' and section 3(B) ends that grant on a patent claim, exactly as the new MS-RL record models them.

  • Microsoft Public 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.

  • Microsoft Reciprocal License 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: "(B) No Trademark License- This license does not grant you rights to use any contributors’ name, logo, or trademarks."

  • Microsoft Reciprocal License version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Change license

    was Permission: Change license

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this license."

  • Microsoft Reciprocal 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.

  • Mozilla Public License 2.0 (no copyleft exception) 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.

  • Mozilla Public License 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Sublicense

    was Permission: Sublicense

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark) Licensable by Initial Developer to use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Original Code (or portions thereof) with or without Modifications, and/or as part of a Larger Work; and"

  • Mozilla Public 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.

  • Mozilla Public License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Modification notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Modification notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "You may distribute the Executable version of Covered Code under a license of Your choice, which may contain terms different from this License, provided that You are in compliance with the terms of this License and that the license for the Executable version does not attempt to limit or alter the recipient's rights in the Source Code version from the rights set forth in this License."

  • Mozilla Public License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code

    was Permission: Distribute, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code

    Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "You may distribute the Executable version of Covered Code under a license of Your choice, which may contain terms different from this License, provided that You are in compliance with the terms of this License and that the license for the Executable version does not attempt to limit or alter the recipient's rights in the Source Code version from the rights set forth in this License."

  • Mozilla Public License 1.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Modification notice

    was Permission: Derive, with the duties Attribution, Notice, Share alike, Source code, Modification notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:ShareAlike quotes "You may distribute the Executable version of Covered Code under a license of Your choice, which may contain terms different from this License, provided that You are in compliance with the terms of this License and that the license for the Executable version does not attempt to limit or alter the recipient's rights in the Source Code version from the rights set forth in this License."

  • Mozilla Public 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.

  • MIT Tom Wu Variant 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.

  • MIT Tom Wu Variant 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.

  • MIT License Modern Variant version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Its duty cc:Attribution quotes "Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement and without license or royalty fees, to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose, provided that the above copyright notice and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software."

  • MIT License Modern Variant version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    was Permission: Modify, with the duties Attribution, Notice

    Manual edit Removed the quoted evidence of duty cc:Attribution on odrl:derive, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:distribute, duty cc:Attribution on odrl:modify: the quoted sentence does not name the act. The statements stay, read from the text without a linked quote.

Nothing on this page is legal advice. What a license means is decided by its text; ask a legal advisor before you rely on it.