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European Union Public Licence
V. 1.2
EUPL © the European Union 2007, 2016
EUROPEAN UNION PUBLIC LICENCE v. 1.2
EUPL © the European Union 2007, 2016
This European Union Public Licence (the EUPL) applies to the Work (as
defined below) which is provided under the terms of this Licence. Any use of
@ -44,35 +42,47 @@ extent such use is covered by a right of the copyright holder of the Work).
The Work is provided under the terms of this Licence when the Licensor (as
defined below) has placed the following notice immediately following the
copyright notice for the Work: “Licensed under the EUPL”, or has expressed by
any other means his willingness to license under the EUPL.
copyright notice for the Work:
Licensed under the EUPL
or has expressed by any other means his willingness to license under the EUPL.
1. Definitions
In this Licence, the following terms have the following meaning:
The Licence: this Licence.
The Original Work: the work or software distributed or communicated by the
Licensor under this Licence, available as Source Code and also as
Executable Code as the case may be.
Derivative Works: the works or software that could be created by the
Licensee, based upon the Original Work or modifications thereof. This
Licence does not define the extent of modification or dependence on the
Original Work required in order to classify a work as a Derivative Work;
this extent is determined by copyright law applicable in the country
mentioned in Article 15.
The Work: the Original Work or its Derivative Works.
The Source Code: the human-readable form of the Work which is the most
- The Licence: this Licence.
- The Original Work: the work or software distributed or communicated by the
Licensor under this Licence, available as Source Code and also as Executable
Code as the case may be.
- Derivative Works: the works or software that could be created by the
Licensee, based upon the Original Work or modifications thereof. This
Licence does not define the extent of modification or dependence on the
Original Work required in order to classify a work as a Derivative Work;
this extent is determined by copyright law applicable in the country
mentioned in Article 15.
- The Work: the Original Work or its Derivative Works.
- The Source Code: the human-readable form of the Work which is the most
convenient for people to study and modify.
The Executable Code: any code which has generally been compiled and which
- The Executable Code: any code which has generally been compiled and which
is meant to be interpreted by a computer as a program.
The Licensor: the natural or legal person that distributes or communicates
- The Licensor: the natural or legal person that distributes or communicates
the Work under the Licence.
Contributor(s): any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under
- Contributor(s): any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under
the Licence, or otherwise contributes to the creation of a Derivative Work.
The Licensee or You: any natural or legal person who makes any usage of
- The Licensee or You: any natural or legal person who makes any usage of
the Work under the terms of the Licence.
Distribution or Communication: any act of selling, giving, lending,
- Distribution or Communication: any act of selling, giving, lending,
renting, distributing, communicating, transmitting, or otherwise making
available, online or offline, copies of the Work or providing access to its
essential functionalities at the disposal of any other natural or legal
@ -84,15 +94,15 @@ The Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive,
sublicensable licence to do the following, for the duration of copyright
vested in the Original Work:
use the Work in any circumstance and for all usage,
reproduce the Work,
modify the Work, and make Derivative Works based upon the Work,
communicate to the public, including the right to make available or display
- use the Work in any circumstance and for all usage,
- reproduce the Work,
- modify the Work, and make Derivative Works based upon the Work,
- communicate to the public, including the right to make available or display
the Work or copies thereof to the public and perform publicly, as the case
may be, the Work,
distribute the Work or copies thereof,
lend and rent the Work or copies thereof,
sublicense rights in the Work or copies thereof.
- distribute the Work or copies thereof,
- lend and rent the Work or copies thereof,
- sublicense rights in the Work or copies thereof.
Those rights can be exercised on any media, supports and formats, whether now
known or later invented, as far as the applicable law permits so.
@ -238,10 +248,11 @@ accessible, concluded, stored and reproduced by the Licensee.
12. Termination of the Licence
The Licence and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon
any breach by the Licensee of the terms of the Licence. Such a termination
will not terminate the licences of any person who has received the Work from
the Licensee under the Licence, provided such persons remain in full
compliance with the Licence.
any breach by the Licensee of the terms of the Licence.
Such a termination will not terminate the licences of any person who has
received the Work from the Licensee under the Licence, provided such persons
remain in full compliance with the Licence.
13. Miscellaneous
@ -266,12 +277,14 @@ their choice.
14. Jurisdiction
Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties,
— any litigation resulting from the interpretation of this License, arising
- any litigation resulting from the interpretation of this License, arising
between the European Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, as a
Licensor, and any Licensee, will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court
of Justice of the European Union, as laid down in article 272 of the Treaty
on the Functioning of the European Union,
— any litigation arising between other parties and resulting from the
- any litigation arising between other parties and resulting from the
interpretation of this License, will be subject to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the competent court where the Licensor resides or conducts
its primary business.
@ -279,30 +292,34 @@ Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties,
15. Applicable Law
Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties,
— this Licence shall be governed by the law of the European Union Member State
- this Licence shall be governed by the law of the European Union Member State
where the Licensor has his seat, resides or has his registered office,
— this licence shall be governed by Belgian law if the Licensor has no seat,
- this licence shall be governed by Belgian law if the Licensor has no seat,
residence or registered office inside a European Union Member State.
Appendix
Compatible Licences according to Article 5 EUPL are:
— GNU General Public License (GPL) v. 2, v. 3
— GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v. 3
— Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0
— Eclipse Public License (EPL) v. 1.0
— CeCILL v. 2.0, v. 2.1
— Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) v. 2
— GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) v. 2.1, v. 3
— Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v. 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) for
works other than software
— European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v. 1.1, v. 1.2
— Québec Free and Open-Source Licence — Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R) or
Strong Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R+)
— The European Commission may update this Appendix to later versions of the
above licences without producing a new version of the EUPL, as long as they
provide the rights granted in Article 2 of this Licence and protect the
covered Source Code from exclusive appropriation.
— All other changes or additions to this Appendix require the production of a
new EUPL version.
- GNU General Public License (GPL) v. 2, v. 3
- GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v. 3
- Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0
- Eclipse Public License (EPL) v. 1.0
- CeCILL v. 2.0, v. 2.1
- Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) v. 2
- GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) v. 2.1, v. 3
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v. 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) for
works other than software
- European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v. 1.1, v. 1.2
- Québec Free and Open-Source Licence — Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R) or Strong
Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R+).
The European Commission may update this Appendix to later versions of the
above licences without producing a new version of the EUPL, as long as they
provide the rights granted in Article 2 of this Licence and protect the
covered Source Code from exclusive appropriation.
All other changes or additions to this Appendix require the production of a
new EUPL version.