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* add new CLA license category
* update license category docs
* update reference to .LICENSE files correctly

Signed-off-by: Ayan Sinha Mahapatra <[email protected]>
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====================

LicenseDB is likely the largest collection of software licenses available on
earth and may be beyond.
Earth and maybe beyond.

LicenseDB is a free and open database of mostly all the software licenses, in
particular all the open source software licenses, with over 2000 curated licenses
particular all the open-source software licenses, with over 2000 curated licenses
texts and their metadata.

LicenseDB is built from the ScanCode Toolkit license dataset. ScanCode Toolkit
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for instance: https://scancode-licensedb.aboutcode.org/gpl-2.0.LICENSE


This index and the static website is also available offline with ScanCode Toolkit as a
command line option `--get-license-data`.


Git
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This git repository contains the original and editable source files:
https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit

- for the metadata of a license, for instance at https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/edit/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.yml

- for the text of a license, for instance at https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/edit/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.LICENSE
- for the text of a license and the metadata of a license as YAML frontmatter, for instance at
https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.LICENSE


Support
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<p>This git repository contains the full history of the generated HTML and JSON API documents <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nexB/scancode-licensedb">https://github.com/nexB/scancode-licensedb</a></p>
<p>This git repository contains the original and editable source files: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit">https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit</a></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>for the metadata of a license, for instance at <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/edit/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.yml">https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/edit/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.yml</a></li>
<li>for the text of a license, for instance at <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/edit/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.LICENSE">https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/edit/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.LICENSE</a></li>
<li>for the text of a license and for the metadata of a license as YAML frontmatter, for instance at <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.LICENSE">https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/gpl-2.0.LICENSE</a></li>
</ul>
</section>

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License Categories <a class="anchor" href="#license-categories" aria-hidden="true">#</a>
</h4>
<dl>
<dt class="chip bg-secondary">CLA</dt>
<dd>
A Contributor License Agreement (CLA) describes and defines the contribution acceptance rules for the ongoing
development and enhancement of a software project. The CLA may specify how the resulting software contribution
itself will be licensed.
</dd>
<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Commercial</dt>
<dd>
A direct commercial license between a supplier and a customer.
Further fact-finding by a Product Team will be necessary to determine how the license conditions apply to use of the software.
This is a Proprietary license that is not Open Source.
Third-party proprietary software offered under a direct commercial license between supplier and customer.
Further fact-finding by Product Teams will be necessary to determine the code's license status and function,
if any.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Copyleft</dt>
<dd>
A license that offers irrevocable permission to the public to copy and redistribute the work in the same or modified form,
but with the conditions that all such redistributions make the work available in a form that facilitates further modification
and uses the same license terms. A Copyleft license can require code interacting with Copyleft-licensed code to be licensed under
the same license or a compatible license. This is an Open Source license. This category may be described as “Strong Copyleft”.
Open source software with a "copyleft" license that offers irrevocable permission to the public to copy and
redistribute the work in the same or modified form, but with the conditions that all such redistributions
make the work available in a form that facilitates further modification and use the same license terms.
A copyleft license can require code interacting with copyleft-licensed code to be licensed the same way.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Copyleft Limited</dt>
<dd>
A license that requires you to redistribute source code, including your changes, and to provide attribution for the software authors.
Your obligation to redistribute source code, including proprietary code linked with code under this license,
is limited according to license-specific rules. This is an Open Source license. This category may be described as “Weak Copyleft”.
A license that requires you to redistribute source code, including your changes, and also to provide
attribution for the software authors. Your obligation to redistribute source code, including proprietary
code linked with code under this license, is limited according to license-specific rules.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Free Restricted</dt>
<dd>
A Permissive-style license that contains restrictions regarding the usage of the software (e.g. where the software is not
intended for use in nuclear power plants) or the redistribution of the software (e.g. where commercial redistribution of
the software is not allowed or allowed only with express permission). The Free Software Foundation (FSF) says that a license
with this kind of restriction is not really open source, although the OSI point of view is not that strict.
This is a Proprietary license that is not Open Source.
A Permissive-style license, that contains restrictions regarding the usage of the software
(for example, where the software is not intended for use in nuclear power plants) or the redistribution
of the software (for example, where commercial redistribution of the software is not allowed without
express permission). The Free Software Foundation (FSF) says that a license with this kind of restriction
is not really open source, although the OSI point of view is not that strict.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Patent License</dt>
<dd>
A license that applies to patents rather than specific software. May be used in conjunction with other software license(s) that
apply to a software component.
A license that applies to patents rather than specific software. May be used in conjunction with other
software license(s) that apply to a software component.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Permissive</dt>
<dd>
A license that requires you to provide attribution for the software authors and may include other conditions.
This is an Open Source license.
Open Source software that is made available under "non-copyleft" licenses. These generally require
attribution of the included open source and may include other obligations.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Proprietary Free</dt>
<dd>
A license that does not require a supplier-customer contract, but has specific terms and conditions which a Product Team
is obligated to follow. These terms and conditions may be documented in the code and/or from a webpage where you must accept
the license (i.e. click-through). This is a Proprietary license that is not Open Source.
Proprietary Free software that may not require a commercial license but may have specific terms and
conditions which Product Teams are obligated to follow. Some of these terms and conditions are provided
with or in the code or in clickable downloaded licenses. Examples are the Sun Binary Code License Agreement
or a freely offered BSP.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Public Domain</dt>
<dd>
“Public Domain” as a license category means software that is not restricted by copyright.
This is most often applicable to a software component because the person entitled to control the copyright has disclaimed that
right in a notice (“dedication”) that appears similar to a license. It is possible for software to be in the public domain
because the copyright has expired, but this is rarely relevant for software due to the long duration of copyrights in most jurisdictions.
The rules for disclaiming copyright and copyright expiration dates vary widely by jurisdiction.
A public domain dedication may apply to software code examples on a website, published public domain specifications or
another type of publication. Public Domain is typically treated as similar to an Open Source license even though it is not an
Open Source license.
Open source software that is made available without explicit obligations, but which has a license notice
that must be kept with the code per organization policy. The match may be to software, code examples
on a website, published public domain specifications or another type of publication.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Source-available</dt>
<dd>
A license where the software is released through a source code distribution model that includes conditions where the source
can be viewed, and in some cases modified, but without meeting the criteria to be called Open Source.
The most common restriction is for “field of use”. This is a Proprietary license that is not Open Source.
Source-available software is software released through a source code distribution model that includes
arrangements where the source can be viewed, and in some cases modified, but without necessarily meeting
the criteria to be called open-source.
</dd>

<dt class="chip bg-secondary">Unstated License</dt>
<dd>
“Unstated License” as a license category means third-party software that has a copyright notice, but no stated license.
Common examples include code snippets from publications and websites. The absence of a license poses a risk that the copyright
owner may assert license conditions at some future time. A Product Team may need to contact the copyright owner to determine the
license conditions, if any.
Third-party software that has a copyright notice, but no stated license. Common examples include code snippets
from publications and websites (such as those from O'Reilly Media). The absence of a license poses a risk
that the copyright owner may assert license obligations at some future time. Product Teams may need to
contact the copyright owner to determine the license obligations, if any.
</dd>
</dl>
</section>
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