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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 -…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 09/01/2023Updated Date: 09/01/2023
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…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 15/01/2020Updated Date: 19/11/2020
Documentation repository (Guidelines, Documents FAQs)
Table of content below details available documents: guidelines, notes about licence compatibility, a matrix of EUPL compatible licences, EUPL FAQs and a documentation directory
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 20/09/2019Updated Date: 15/11/2021
Implementation monitoring
As highlighted in the Tallinn Declaration, EU countries agreed to present their progress on the implementation of the different policy actions on a yearly basis. In that regard, this page will host a…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 30/05/2018Updated Date: 25/03/2021
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…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 10/10/2017Updated Date: 12/11/2020
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…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 12/06/2015Updated Date: 12/06/2015
How to use the EUPL
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 12/06/2015Updated Date: 24/01/2023
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…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 12/06/2015Updated Date: 22/12/2020
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…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 12/06/2015Updated Date: 26/10/2017
Join the EUPL / Licensing Community
Welcome! In order to join and contribute to this Licensing community (or "collection"), you need to be a registered user of Joinup (create your account, or sign-up if you have one), then open the…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 12/06/2015Updated Date: 22/12/2020
Guidelines for users and developers
The EUPL Guidelines where updated in September 2021 in consideration of the EUPL-1.2. This last version provides an introduction to open source licensing, the various licence models and the…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 12/06/2015Updated Date: 15/10/2021
Introduction to the EUPL licence
The EUPL is the European Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) licence. It has been created on the initiative of the European Commission. It is now delivered in 23 original linguistic versions and can be…
CUSTOM PAGECreated: 12/06/2015Updated Date: 18/03/2022