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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…
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
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…
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…
How to use the EUPL
Frequently asked questions on the European Union Public License Contents What is the EUPL? How to use EUPL? Is the software licensed under the EUPL “Open Source” and "Free Software"? Where can I get…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EUPL text (EUPL-1.2)
Text of the European Union Public Licence (EUPL). Version 1.2, published in Official Journal of 19 May 2017 and available in 23 official languages of the European Union (SPDX identifier EUPL-1.2)…
Matrix of EUPL compatible open source licences
This is a global compatibility Matrix between all OSI-approved licenses and the EUPL. This Matrix (July 2011 - updated 2013 & 2017) is open to comments and improvements Contents Disclaimer Definitions…