Template:Infobox software license

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This template creates an infobox useful for summarizing common characteristics of Free Software and Open Source Software licenses.

Usage

{{ Infobox software license
| name            = 
| image           = 
| caption         =
| author          = 
| version         = 
| copyright       = 
| date            = 
| OSI approved    = Yes or No or n/a
| Debian approved = Yes or No or n/a
| Free Software   = Yes or No or n/a
| GPL compatible  = Yes or No
| copyfree        = Yes or No
| copyleft        = Yes or No or Partial
| linking         = Yes or No
}}

Required Parameters

• author — person or an organization that created the license
• version — version of the license, if any
• copyright — person or organization claiming a copright on the license itself
• date — date of publication of the license
• OSI approved — Yes if the Open Source Initiative has approved the license, No if not.
• Debian approved — Yes if the Debian Project has approved the license, No if not.
• Free Software — Yes if the license meets The Free Software Definition, No if not.
• GPL compatible — Yes if software licensed under the license can be combined with software licensed under the GNU General Public License, No if not.
• copyfree — Yes if the software falls under a copyfree approved license, No if not.
• copyleft — Yes if software licensed under the license requires licensees to extend the same rights they received to others, No if not, or Partial if somewhere in the middle.
• linking — Yes if software licensed under the license can be linked with software licensed under other licenses, No if not.

Optional Parameters

• name — name of the license.
• image — logo, mascot or emblem for license. Optional. Must take the form of an image reference (e.g., [[Image:something.jpg]].
• caption — optional caption for the image. Ignored if no image is supplied.

Examples

GPL 3.0

{{ Infobox software license
| name            = GNU General Public License
| image           = [[Image:Heckert GNU white.svg|160px]]
| caption         = The GNU logo
| author          = [[Free Software Foundation]]
| version         = 3
| copyright       = Free Software Foundation, Inc.
| date            = [[29 June]] [[2007]]
| OSI approved    = Yes
| Debian approved = Yes
| Free Software   = Yes
| GPL compatible  = Yes
| copyleft        = Yes
| linking         = No
}}

GNU General Public License

The GNU logo
Author	Free Software Foundation
Version	3
Copyright	Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Published	29 June 2007
DFSG compatible	Yes
Free software	Yes
OSI approved	Yes
GPL compatible	Yes
Copyleft	Yes
Linking from code with a different license	No

LGPL 1.0

{{ Infobox software license
| name            = GNU Lesser General Public License
| image           = [[Image:Heckert GNU white.svg|160px]]
| caption         = The GNU logo
| author          = [[Free Software Foundation]]
| version         = 1.0
| copyright       = Free Software Foundation
| date            = 1991
| OSI approved    = Yes
| Debian approved = Yes
| Free Software   = Yes
| GPL compatible  = Yes
| copyleft        = Yes
| linking         = Yes
}}

GNU Lesser General Public License

The GNU logo
Author	Free Software Foundation
Version	1.0
Copyright	Free Software Foundation
Published	1991
DFSG compatible	Yes
Free software	Yes
OSI approved	Yes
GPL compatible	Yes
Copyleft	Yes
Linking from code with a different license	Yes

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