Template:Infobox software license

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This template creates an infobox useful for summarizing common characteristics of Free Software and Open Source Software licenses.

Usage

{{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

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, or Partial 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

GPL 3.0

GNU General Public License

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

GNU Lesser General Public License

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

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TemplateData for Infobox software license

An infobox on software licenses

Template parameters

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

Free Software Foundation. fsf.org

General Public License = A sane copyright license

Uniform Resource Locator = an address of a web page or other component, including the protocol.

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