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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.

6081 changes, page 18 of 122.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added SPDX identifier: "LGPL-3.0-only"

    Review finding Added the SPDX list id LGPL-3.0-only.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Patent grant

    Manual edit The licence incorporates the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, and the record now states what those sections say. Section 8: "Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License", with reinstatement if "you cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice". Section 11: "Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under the contributor's essential patent claims".

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Permission: Charge distribution fee

    Review finding Section 4 of the GPL, which the Lesser GPL incorporates, states: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey." Added the missing dalicc:chargeDistributionFee permission.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Charge distribution fee

    was Permission: Charge distribution fee

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Kind of variant: "version"

    Port relation The 2026-09-15 review made the relation between a jurisdiction port and the record it was adapted from explicit in the data.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Terminates On Breach: "true"

    Manual edit The licence incorporates the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, and the record now states what those sections say. Section 8: "Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License", with reinstatement if "you cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice". Section 11: "Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under the contributor's essential patent claims".

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Or Later Version Option: "false"

    Review decision Review decision 6: the four GNU records model the '-only' reading, so the or-later option is recorded as false rather than left unsaid.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Cure Period: "30 days"

    Manual edit The licence incorporates the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, and the record now states what those sections say. Section 8: "Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License", with reinstatement if "you cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice". Section 11: "Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under the contributor's essential patent claims".

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 2 lets a modified version of the Library be conveyed "under the GNU GPL, with none of the additional permissions of this License applicable to that copy." The GNU GPL is version 3 of it or, where the Library says so, any later version.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

    Manual edit Section 2 lets a modified version of the Library be conveyed "under the GNU GPL, with none of the additional permissions of this License applicable to that copy." The GNU GPL is version 3 of it or, where the Library says so, any later version.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Additional clauses: "You may convey a Combined Work under terms of your choice that, taken together, effectively do not restrict modificatio...

    was Additional clauses: " You may convey a Combined Work under terms of your choice that, taken together, effectively do not restrict modificati...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record carried neither a warranty disclaimer nor a liability limitation although 'This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public License', whose sections 15 and 16 are the two clauses, and it did not carry section 4 of that text either.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Accepting warranty or additional liability: "you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee"

    was Accepting warranty or additional liability: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection fo...

    Manual edit The first half of the Section 4 sentence, "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey", is the permission to charge for a copy, not a warranty clause.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Accepting warranty or additional liability: "You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection fo...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record carried neither a warranty disclaimer nor a liability limitation although 'This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public License', whose sections 15 and 16 are the two clauses, and it did not carry section 4 of that text either.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Warranty disclaimer: "THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITIN...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record carried neither a warranty disclaimer nor a liability limitation although 'This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public License', whose sections 15 and 16 are the two clauses, and it did not carry section 4 of that text either.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 version 2 2026-09-24

    added Limitation of liability: "IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO...

    Manual edit The review's finding on family consistency: the record carried neither a warranty disclaimer nor a liability limitation although 'This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public License', whose sections 15 and 16 are the two clauses, and it did not carry section 4 of that text either.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Sublicense

    was Prohibition: Sublicense

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library except as expressly provided under this License."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Change license

    was Prohibition: Change license

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library except as expressly provided under this License."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Duty: Share alike

    was Duty: Share alike

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3 reads: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." and adds "(If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.)"

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

    Manual edit Section 3 reads: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." and adds "(If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.)"

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3 reads: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." and adds "(If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.)"

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-only

    Manual edit Section 3 reads: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." and adds "(If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.)"

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Sublicense

    was Prohibition: Sublicense

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library except as expressly provided under this License."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Permission: Excepted combination

    was Permission: Excepted combination

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "As an exception to the Sections above, you may also combine or link a "work that uses the Library" with the Library to produce a work containing portions of the Library, and distribute that work under terms of your choice, provided that the terms permit modification of the work for the customer's own use and reverse engineering for debugging such modifications."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 1.1 version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Duty: Share alike

    was Duty: Share alike

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only with Qt LGPL exception 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Sublicense

    was Prohibition: Sublicense

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library except as expressly provided under this License."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Duty: Share alike

    was Duty: Share alike

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License."

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only 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.

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3 reads: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." and adds "(If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.)"

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-3.0-only

    Manual edit Section 3 reads: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." and adds "(If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.)"

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-or-later

    Manual edit Section 3 reads: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." and adds "(If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.)"

  • GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only version 2 2026-09-24

    added Compatible With: GPL-2.0-only

    Manual edit Section 3 reads: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." and adds "(If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.)"

  • GNU Library General Public License v2 or later version 2 2026-09-24

    changed Prohibition: Sublicense

    was Prohibition: Sublicense

    Manual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library except as expressly provided under this License."

  • GNU Library General Public License v2 or later 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.

  • GNU Library General Public License v2 or later version 2 2026-09-24

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

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

    Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change."

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