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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox software license. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template creates an infobox useful for summarizing common characteristics of Free Software and Open Source Software licenses.
Usage[edit source]
{{Infobox software license | name = | image = | caption = | author = | version = | publisher = | date = | OSI approved = Yes or No or n/a | Debian approved = Yes or No or n/a | FSF approved = Yes or No or n/a | GPL compatible = Yes or No | copyleft = Yes or No or Partial | linking = Yes or No | website = }}
Parameters[edit source]
All parameters are optional.
- author
- person or an organization that created the license
- version
- version of the license, if any
- date
- date of publication of the license
- OSI approved
Yes
if the Open Source Initiative has approved the license,No
if not. (Information on whether a given license meets this criterion may be found either at the OSI's Alphabetical list or the Categorical list)- Debian approved
Yes
if the license is compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines,No
if not. (Information on whether a given license meets this criterion may be found either at Debian's The DFSG and Software Licenses or License information (Please read both, as licenses in one list may not be in the other) )- FSF approved
Yes
if the license meets The Free Software Definition,No
if not. (Information on whether a given license meets this criterion may be found at the FSF's Various Licenses and Comments about Them)- GPL compatible
Yes
if software licensed under the license can be combined with software licensed under the GNU General Public License,No
if not. (Information on whether a given license meets this criterion may be found at the FSF's Various Licenses and Comments about Them)- copyleft
Yes
if software licensed under the license requires licensees to extend the same rights they received to others,No
if not, orPartial
if somewhere in the middle.- linking
Yes
if software licensed under the license can be linked with software licensed under other licenses,No
if not.- publisher
- person or organization who published the license or claims copyright on the license itself.
- name
- name of the license.
- image
- logo, mascot or emblem for license. Must take the form of an image reference (e.g., [[Image:something.jpg]].
- caption
- caption for the image.
- website
- either the website for the license, or the canonical URL for the license text itself.
Examples[edit source]
GPL 3.0[edit source]
Author | Free Software Foundation |
---|---|
Latest version | 3 |
Publisher | Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
Published | 29 June 2007 |
DFSG compatible | Yes |
FSF approved | Yes |
OSI approved | Yes |
GPL compatible | Yes |
Copyleft | Yes |
Linking from code with a different license | No |
Website | www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html |
{{ infobox software license | name = GNU General Public License | image = | caption = GNU GPLv3 Logo | author = [[Free Software Foundation]] | version = 3 | copyright = Free Software Foundation, Inc. | date = 29 June 2007 | OSI approved = Yes | Debian approved = Yes | FSF approved = Yes | GPL compatible = Yes | copyleft = Yes | linking = No | website = [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html] }}
LGPL 1.0[edit source]
The GNU logo | |
Author | Free Software Foundation |
---|---|
Latest version | 1.0 |
Publisher | Free Software Foundation |
Published | 1991 |
DFSG compatible | Yes |
FSF approved | Yes |
OSI approved | Yes |
GPL compatible | Yes |
Copyleft | Yes |
Linking from code with a different license | Yes |
{{ infobox software license | name = GNU Lesser General Public License | image = [[Image:Heckert GNU white.svg|160px]] | caption = The GNU logo | author = [[Free Software Foundation]] | version = 1.0 | copyright = Free Software Foundation | date = 1991 | OSI approved = Yes | Debian approved = Yes | FSF approved = Yes | GPL compatible = Yes | copyleft = Yes | linking = Yes }}
Template Data[edit source]
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TemplateData for Infobox software license
An infobox on software licenses
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Name | name | name of the license | String | optional |
Image | image | logo, mascot or emblem for license. | File | optional |
Caption | caption | Caption for the image | String | optional |
Author | author | person or an organization that created the license | String | optional |
Version | version | The version of the software | String | optional |
Copyright | copyright | The copyright status of the software license | String | optional |
Publisher | publisher | person or organization who published the license or claims copyright on the license itself. | String | optional |
Date | date | date of publication of the license | String | optional |
Debian approved | Debian approved | Yes if the license is compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines, otherwise no. | String | optional |
FSF approved | FSF approved | Yes if the license meets The Free Software Definition, otherwise no. | String | optional |
OSI approved | OSI approved | Yes if the Open Source Initiative has approved the license, No if not. | String | optional |
GPL compatible | GPL compatible | Yes if software licensed under the license can be combined with software licensed under the GNU General Public License, No if not. | String | optional |
Copyleft | copyleft | Yes if software licensed under the license requires licensees to extend the same rights they received to others, No if not, or Partial if somewhere in the middle. | String | optional |
Linking | linking | Yes if software licensed under the license can be linked with software licensed under other licenses, No if not. | String | optional |
Website | website | The website of the license, if it exists. | String | optional |