Compatible licenses
From GPLv3 Wiki
This page centrally documents what licenses will be compatible with the GPLv3, with an emphasis of noting what compatibilities changed since version 2, this list will influence the GNU project's license list.
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GPLv2-compatible licenses
These licenses were compatible with the GNU GPL version 2.
- Berkeley Database License (aka the Sleepycat Software Product License)
- Boost Software License
- CeCILL version 2
- Clarified Artistic License
- Cryptix General License
- EU DataGrid Software License
- Eiffel Forum License, version 2
- Expat License
- Intel Open Source License (as published by OSI)
- License of Guile
- License of Netscape Javascript
- License of Perl
- License of Python 1.6a2 and earlier versions
- License of Python 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and newer versions
- License of Vim, version 6.1 or later
- License of ZLib
- License of the iMatix Standard Function Library
- License of the run-time units of the GNU Ada compiler
- Modified BSD license
- OpenLDAP License, version 2.7
- Public Domain
- Standard ML of New Jersey Copyright License
- The license of Ruby
- W3C Software Notice and License
- X11 License
- Zope Public License, version 2.0
- eCos license, version 2.0
GPLv2-incompatible licenses
These licenses were incompatible with the GNU GPL version 2.
- Academic Free License, version 1.1.
- Academic Free License, version 2.1.
- Affero General Public License, version 1.0
- Apache License, version 1.0
- Apache License, version 1.1
- Apache Software License, version 2.0
- Apple Public Source License, version 2
- Common Development and Distribution License
- Common Public License, version 1.0
- Eclipse Public License, version 1.0
- IBM Public License, version 1.0
- Interbase Public License, version 1.0
- Jabber Open Source License, version 1.0
- LaTeX Project Public License 1.2
- LaTeX Project Public License 1.3a
- License of Python 1.6b1 and later versions, through 2.0 and 2.1
- License of xinetd
- Lucent Public License version 1.02 (Plan 9 license)
- Mozilla Public License
- Netizen Open Source License, version 1.0
- Netscape Public License
- Nokia Open Source License
- Old OpenLDAP License, version 2.3
- Open Software License, version 1.0
- OpenSSL license
- Original BSD license
- PHP License, version 3.0
- Phorum License, version 2.0
- Q Public License, version 1.0
- Sun Industry Standards Source License 1.0
- Sun Public License
- The Condor Public License
- XFree86 1.1 License
- Zend License, version 2.0
- Zope Public License, version 1
GPLv3-compatible licenses
These licenses will be newly compatible with the GNU GPL version 3.
- Affero General Public License, version 1.0
- Apache License, version 1.0
- Apache License, version 1.1
- Apache Software License, version 2.0
- Eclipse Public License, version 1.0
- PHP license, version 3.01
These licenses will still be compatible with the GNU GPL version 3.
- See the list above.
GPLv3-incompatible licenses
These licenses are still incompatible:
- See the list above.
These are licenses newly incompatible with the GPL version 3:
- None.
