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1 29th August 16:26
sv8000
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Default licensing arrangement in Debian



Hi,

I am doing some research for an article on Open Source Software. I have
been looking at your website, but I am a bit confused about the Debian licensing
arrangement.

My question is what is the name of the license the project rests upon -
is it Open Publication License?

Sorry to bother you with this.
Thank you very much in advance.

Best regards,
Jana from Denmark


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2 29th August 16:26
don armstrong
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Default licensing arrangement in Debian



[NB: I'm taking the liberty of Cc:'ing you, as you're probably not
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Debian has code that is licensed under many different licenses, from
the ASL to the GPL to the LGPL and many more. For almost every
component, you can see the license by reading
/usr/share/doc/<packagename>/copyright or visiting
http://packages.debian.org/<packagename> and clicking on the copyright
link near the bottom.

All of the works that are present in Debian must comply with the
Debian Free Software Guidelines which are delineated here:
http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines

If this doesn't answer your question, feel free to e-mail -project
again, or ask me directly.


Don Armstrong

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