Software:RealNetworks Public Source License

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RealNetworks Public Source License
AuthorRealNetworks
DFSG compatibleNo [1]
FSF approvedYes [2]
OSI approvedYes [3]
GPL compatibleNo [2]
CopyleftYes
Linking from code with a different licenseYes

The RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL) is a software licence. It has been approved as a free software licence by both Free Software Foundation[2] and Open Source Initiative[3] (OSI), but it is incompatible with the GPL[2] and the Debian Free Software Guidelines.[1]

The RPSL is used by the Helix project.[why?]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "The DFSG and Software Licenses". https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses. "RPSL, licenses that is DFSG-incompatible." 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "FSF's licence list". https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html. "The RPSL is a free software license that is GPL-incompatible for a number of reasons..." 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Open Source Licenses by Category". 19 September 2006. https://www.opensource.org/licenses/category. "RPSL, Open Source Licenses which have successfully gone through the approval process and comply with the Open Source Definition." 

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