Joinup's JLA tool compares open licences via SPDX linkage. Features taxonomy for content analysis, compatibility, legal aspects, and includes searchable SPDX identifiers. It is an EC solution.
Legal
Last update: 19/01/2018
ISA Open Metadata Licence
Licensing copyrighted material is not only about software or closely related documentation: it may cover other assets, like specifications, data (i.e. resulting from statistics or from any big file managed in the field of land management, health, transport, commerce etc.) These data may generally be re-used, interpreted, simplified in some cases or presented in a different way in the framework of scientific or commercial activities. Therefore, ISA has developed a legal instrument or tool that could be used as a template in such case
Content and knowledge management
Last update: 19/01/2018
ISA Contributor Agreement
When setting up a project that will be distributed to third parties, it is wise to select from scratch the convenient outbound licence (for example the EUPL licence, or the Apache, or the BSD-3 etc.) in order to regulate the use of your copyrighted work by these third parties. However, it comes that you are not alone to work on your project: the code and other copyrighted ressources may be provided by contributors (colleagues, employees, contractors, volunteers friends etc.) In such cases it is wise to determines clearly who is the project owner and at which conditions copyright are vested to…
Open Source Software
Last update: 28/05/2024
EUPL - the free/open source software licence of the European Union
The European Public Licence (EUPL), EU's OSS licence, promotes interoperability and 'share alike' use. Compatible with GPL, it offers a clear, multilingual framework for public services and businesses. It is an EC solution.
LegalReusable Software Components+3 topics
Last update: 09/01/2023
Present the EUPL (PowerPoint presentation)
This short presentation (a MS/.pptx document) provides essential EUPL aspects, in particular on what differentiates it from other open source licences. It can be freely downloaded/adapted/translated -...
Last update: 19/11/2020
JLA - Joinup Licensing Assistant (Select and compare open licences)
Enter the Joinup Licensing Assistant (JLA) This is a an innovative tool in order to: Select open licences based on their content Obtain licence information from the SPDX repository (unique identifier...
Table of content below details available documents: guidelines, notes about licence compatibility, a matrix of EUPL compatible licences, EUPL FAQs and a documentation directory
Last update: 12/11/2020
Joinup Legal support (questions will be answered)
For any question related to licensing or Joinup legal support, please fill the CONTACT FORM (selecting "legal issue" in the Category field). The legal support will answer you. Please note that the aim...
Last update: 12/06/2015
FAQ
Which project can be hosted on Joinup? My program licensed under the EUPL uses components licensed under the GPL! Can I modify the EUPL? Are Joinup hosted projects “non-commercial” (program downloaded...
Last update: 30/10/2023
How to use the EUPL
European PoliciesLegal+2 topics
Last update: 22/12/2020
Impact of the EUPL
The EUPL is the licence of choice for distributing software from the European institutions or agencies and from several Member States. The EUPL has made such distribution possible on a much wider...
Last update: 26/10/2017
Documentation directory: Articles on EUPL
General purpose guidelines Thierry Aimé and al., A practical guide to using free software in the public sector (in English and French) Thierry Aimé and al., A practical guide to using free software in...