Common Public Attribution License
Template:Short description Template:Infobox software license The Common Public Attribution License ("CPAL") is a free software license approved by the Open Source Initiative in 2007.[1] Its purpose is to be a general license for software distributed over a network. It is based on the Mozilla Public License, but it adds an attribution term paraphrased below:
The CPAL also adds the following section discussing "network use" which triggers copyleft provisions when running CPAL licensed code on a network service and this way closing the so-called ASP loophole: Template:Quotation
The Debian project found the license to be incompatible with its Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)[2] because of its attribution requirement.
References
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External links
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- CPAL version 1.0 text at the Open Source Initiative
- Jonathan Corbet on July 31, 2007 on LWN.net: "Open-source badgeware", discussing problematic attribution requirements