Adaptive Public License Explained

Adaptive Public License
Author:	University of Victoria
Osi Approved:	Yes
Debian Approved:	?
Free Software:	?
Gpl Compatible:	?
Copyleft:	Yes
Linking:	?

The Adaptive Public License (APL) is an open-source license from the University of Victoria. It is a weak copyleft, adaptable template license that has been approved by the Open Source Initiative.

The Initial Contributor for a project sets up the license conditions for that project by choosing their specific options from the license template. Choices include:

• whether or not to grant patent rights
• governing jurisdiction
• limited attribution and branding clauses
• the scope of how widely the source can be distributed before being obliged to contribute code changes
• the extent to which changes need to be documented

Selected programs licensed under the APL

• MusicDNS
• SwisTrack

External links

• The Adaptive Public License