Code Project Open License
The Code Project Open License (CPOL) [1] is a software license published by The Code Project, a community site for software developers. The license is mainly applied to content that is being published on the site. Its main points subject to the terms of the license are (quoted from The Code Project):
- Source Code and Executable Files can be used in commercial applications;
- Source Code and Executable Files can be redistributed; and
- Source Code can be modified to create derivative works.
- No claim of suitability, guarantee, or any warranty whatsoever is provided. The software is provided "as-is".
The license itself grants copyright and patent protection to the developer. The Code Project has a comparison of the CPOL to other Open Source Licenses on their site. [1]
The Code Project Open License is not recognized as a free or open license by the Free Software Foundation [2] or by the Open Source Initiative [3]. The license is incompatible with the GPL and other open source licenses due to ambiguous restrictions within the CPOL such as "You agree not to use the Work for illegal, immoral or improper purposes, or on pages containing illegal, immoral or improper material." [4]