OpenLR™ licenses
OpenLR™ is made available on the basis of "copyleft" principle. This enables programmers to contribute, improving and maintaining the "open standard". The OpenLR™ reference implementation is licensed under the GPLv2 which permits to use the software also in proprietary programs.
The foundations of selected Software Licensing Model are:- The freedom to use the software in proprietary programs
- The freedom to use the software for any purpose including commercial use
- The freedom to change the software to suit your needs, including with own code which is not open source code
- The open source code (original and modified) should always include the terms of use and the "owner of the changes" and this should never be deleted
- No liability can be claimed from initiators and contributors
The source code is published "as is", so no warranty is given by any of the initiators or contributors to the initiative to
any user of the code.
The license to partners asserting patents is withdrawn. The license is subject to a non-assertion clause.
Whitepaper license
The OpenLR™ whitepaper and the reference implementation of the OpenLR™ system are published under common open source licenses.
The OpenLR™ whitepaper is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0
Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/
or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California 94105, USA.
The license text can also be downloaded as a PDF document or can be accessed online.
Software license
The OpenLR™ reference implementation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License and the extra
condition for OpenLR.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with the software; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
The license text can also be downloaded as a PDF document or can be accessed online.