Users' questions

Is CDDL license permissive?

Is CDDL license permissive?

Like the MPL, the CDDL is a weak copyleft license in-between GPL license and BSD/MIT permissive licenses, requiring only source code files under CDDL to remain under CDDL.

What is dual licensing in open source?

Dual licensing emerged as an open source business model in the early 2000’s, and it typically refers to the release of a software component under two licenses simultaneously: a traditional proprietary license and an open source one, often from the GPL (GNU General Public License) family.

What licenses are not compatible with each other?

GNU GPL and Copyleft License Compatibility The most problematic practice is combining two copyleft licenses. As a rule of thumb, copyleft licenses are incompatible unless they have explicit compatibility provisions.

Is CDDL compatible with Apache?

The Apache and BSD licenses are permissive open source licenses. However, the CDDL is compatible with both the Apache and the BSD licenses.

Can a GPL license be mixed with a CDDL license?

Code under the CDDL and code under the GPL cannot be mixed in a single file. The GPL is a license that limits its scope to the so called “work” limit and forbids relicensing of code. This allows us to make the next conclusion: Code under the CDDL and code under the GPL cannot be mixed in a single work.

Which is a weak copyleft license like the GPL?

Derived from the Mozilla Public License 1.1, the CDDL tries to address some of the problems of the MPL. Like the MPL, the CDDL is a weak copyleft license in-between GPL license and BSD / MIT permissive licenses, requiring only source code files under CDDL to remain under CDDL.

Is the EPL compatible with the GPL license?

Does the EPL allow me to take the Source Code for a Program licensed under it and include all or part of it in another program licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license or other Open Source license? 4.15. Is my EPL-2.0 licensed project GPL compatible by default?

Is the common development and Distribution License ( CDDL ) free?

The Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) is a free and open-source software license, produced by Sun Microsystems, based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL). Files licensed under the CDDL can be combined with files licensed under other licenses, whether open source or proprietary.