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{{Short description|Type of copyright license}}
'''Design Science License''' ('''DSL''') is a [[copyleft]] license for any type of [[free content]] such as text, images, music. Unlike other open source licenses, the DSL was intended to be used on any type of copyrightable work, including documentation and source code. It was the first “generalized copyleft” license. The DSL was written by Michael Stutz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2001072600120PS|date=2001-07-26|title=Generalized "Copyleft" License Brings Open Source Beyond Software|author=Michael Stutz|publisher=Linux Today|access-date=2014-11-13|archive-date=2018-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726223747/https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2001072600120PS|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The DSL came out in the 1990s, before the formation of the [[Creative Commons]]. Once the Creative Commons arrived, Stutz considered the DSL experiment "over" and no longer recommended its use.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dolgin|first1=Alexander|title=The Economics of Symbolic Exchange|date=2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783540798835|page=466|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DaRAAAAAQBAJ&q=creative+commons+vs+DSL&pg=PA466|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

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==External links==
*[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html Copy of the Design Science License]

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