The Eiffel Forum License (EFL) is a
free software license
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written b
NICE the Non-Profit International Consortium for Eiffel. Version 2 of the license, the latest , is the first version to be
GPL
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compatible.
EFLv2 has been approved by the
OSI
OSI may refer to:
Places
* Osijek Airport (IATA code: OSI), an airport in Croatia
* Ősi, a village in Veszprém county, Hungary
* Oši, an archaeological site in Semigallia, Latvia
* Osi, a village in Ido-Osi, Ekiti State, Nigeria
* Osi, Ekiti ...
,
and is approved as a free software license by the
FSF.
The Eiffel Forum License is one of the shortest licenses that is OSI approved.
License text
Eiffel Forum License, version 2
1. Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify and/or
distribute this package, provided that:
* copyright notices are retained unchanged,
* any distribution of this package, whether modified or not,
includes this license text.
2. Permission is hereby also granted to distribute binary programs
which depend on this package. If the binary program depends on a
modified version of this package, you are encouraged to publicly
release the modified version of this package.
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS PACKAGE.
Example application
Since this is a published licence it may be referenced from a work using the following simple statement:
Copyright 2008, Author Name, example.org
Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
References
External links
The Eiffel Forum License, Versions 1 and 2 eiffel-nice.org
fsf.org
Eiffel Forum License, version 2 opensource.org
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