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Many open-source software files do not unambiguously state the license, increasing the difficulties of compliance. [59] When combining code bases, the original licenses can be maintained for separate components, and the larger work released under a compatible license. [61] This compatibility is often one-way.
In this scenario, one option is a proprietary software license, which allows the possibility of creating proprietary applications derived from it, while the other license is a copyleft free software/open-source license, thus requiring any derived work to be released under the same license. The copyright holder of the software then typically ...
Software relicensing is applied in open-source software development when software licenses of software modules are incompatible and are required to be compatible for a greater combined work. Licenses applied to software as copyrightable works, in source code as binary form, [ 1 ] can contain contradictory clauses.
A software license server is a centralized computer software system which provides access tokens, or keys, to client computers in order to enable licensed software to run on them. In 1989, Sassafras Software Inc developed their trademarked KeyServer software license management tool. [ 1 ]
Floating licensing, also known as concurrent licensing or network licensing, is a software licensing approach in which a limited number of licenses for a software application are shared among a larger number of users over time. [1] When an authorized user wishes to run the application, they request a license from a central license server. If a ...
Because of the amount of software dependencies, engineers working on complex projects often rely on license management software to achieve compliance with the licensing terms of open-source components. [83] Many open-source software files do not unambiguously state the license, increasing the difficulties of compliance. [82]
A site license [1] is a type of software license that allows the user to install a software package in several computers simultaneously, such as at a particular site (facility) or across a corporation. [2] Depending on the amount of fees paid, the license may be unlimited [3] or may limit
License compatibility is a legal framework that allows for pieces of software with different software licenses to be distributed together. The need for such a framework arises because the different licenses can contain contradictory requirements, rendering it impossible to legally combine source code from separately-licensed software in order to create and publish a new program.