The Adaptive Public License (APL) is an
Open Source license from the
University of Victoria. It is a weak
copyleft, adaptable template license that has been approved by the
Open Source Initiative.The Initial Contributor for a project sets up the license conditions for that project by choosing their specific options from the license template. Choices include:whether or not to grant
patent rightsgoverning jurisdictionlimited attribution and branding clausesthe scope of how widely the source can be distributed before being obliged to contribute code changesthe extent to which changes need to be documented
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