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{{Short description|Software license}}
{{Infobox software license
| name = Code Project Open License
| image =
| caption =
| author = [[The Code Project]]
| version = 1.02
| publisher = [[The Code Project]]
| date = April 15, 2008
| OSI approved = No<ref name="osi"/>
| Debian approved = No<ref name="DFSG-licences"/>
| Free Software = No<ref name="CP Licenses"/>
| GPL compatible = No<ref name="CP Licenses"/>
| copyleft = No<ref name="CP Licenses"/>
| linking = Unclear
| website = [http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx]
}}
The '''Code Project Open License''' ('''CPOL''') 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.

== License ==

The main points subject to the terms of the license are:<ref name="CPOL"/>
*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 work]]s;
*No claim of suitability, guarantee, or any warranty whatsoever is provided. The software is provided "as-is";
*The Article(s) accompanying the Work may not be distributed or republished without the Author's consent;
*Executable Files and Source Code may not be distributed with any technological measures that control access or use of the Work in a manner inconsistent with the terms of the License.

The license itself grants copyright and patent protection to the developer. The Code Project has a comparison of the CPOL to [[open-source license]]s on their site. Further, the license provides a distinction and clarification between the source code available for download and the source code's author's articles and writings about that content.

== Status as an open-source license ==

The "Open" in the name Code Project Open License refers to the license offering accessibility to the software's source code. The license is not "Open" as defined by the [[Open Source Initiative]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Projects/Archived+Discussions+on+Not+Approved+Licenses |title=Archived Discussions on Not Approved Licenses |publisher=Open Source Initiative |date=December 19, 2013 |accessdate=April 25, 2014 |quote=CPOL 1.02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425053121/http://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Projects/Archived+Discussions+on+Not+Approved+Licenses |archive-date=April 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> because it places restrictions on how the software can be used, such as forbidding its use in illegal, immoral or improper material as well as a prohibition on commercial distribution of the code in isolation.

The CPOL is strictly for source code that is [[Gratis versus libre|gratis]], but is not recognized as a free or open license by the [[Free Software Foundation]] due to the restrictions within the CPOL forbidding usage for illegal purposes and the restrictions on selling the code without coupling it to a larger application.<ref name="GNU"/> The license is thus incompatible with the [[GNU General Public License]] and some other [[free software]] licenses, and inconsistent with the [[Open Source Definition]], which requires that a license not discriminate against fields of endeavor. The [[Apache Software Foundation]] does not accept code under this license.<ref>{{cite web |title=Which licenses may NOT be included within Apache products? |url=http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x |website=ASF Legal Previously Asked Questions |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Free software licence]]
*[[Open-source software]]

==References==
{{reflist |refs=
<ref name="osi">{{cite web
|url=http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
|title=Licenses by Name
|publisher=[[Open Source Initiative]]
|accessdate=February 21, 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name="GNU">{{cite web
|url=https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#cpol
|author1=Free Software Foundation Licensing and Compliance Lab
|title=Various Licenses and Comments about Them
|website=gnu.org
|publisher=[[Free Software Foundation]]
|accessdate=March 2, 2016
}}</ref>
<ref name="DFSG-licences">{{cite web
|url=http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/
|title=License information
|publisher=[[Debian]]
|accessdate=February 21, 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name="CPOL">{{cite web
|url=http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx
|title=The Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02
|date=April 15, 2008
|publisher=[[The Code Project]]
|accessdate=February 21, 2010
}}
</ref>
<ref name="CP Licenses">{{cite web
|url=http://www.codeproject.com/info/Licenses.aspx
|title=Licenses
|date=July 1, 2007
|publisher=[[The Code Project]]
|accessdate=February 21, 2010
}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx Code Project Open License (CPOL)]
*[http://www.codeproject.com The Code Project]
*[http://www.codeproject.com/info/Licenses.aspx Code Project's comparison of licenses]

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