Not-Allowed Licenses
This page lists the licenses that are not-allowed for use in Fedora. The "Usage" field shows any notes related to specific usage for a particular license. For example, where an otherwise not-allowed license is permitted for older packages only.
This information is generated from the data maintained in the Fedora License Data repository.
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Adaptive Public License |
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Apple Public Source License 1.0 |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Apple_Public_Source_License_1.0 |
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Apple Public Source License 1.1 |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Apple_Public_Source_License_1.1 |
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Apple Public Source License 1.2 |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Apple_Public_Source_License_1.2 |
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Aladdin Free Public License |
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Artistic 1.0 (original) |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 1.0 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Germany |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 1.0 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 2.0 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 2.5 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Germany |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/legalcode |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Unported |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 France |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/fr/legalcode |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England and Wales |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/legalcode |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Germany |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/legalcode |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/legalcode |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International |
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CodeProject Open License (CPOL) |
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Eiffel Forum License 1.0 |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Eiffel_Forum_License_V1 |
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European Union Public License v1.0 |
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Frameworx License |
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JSON License |
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9wm License (Original) |
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AMAP License |
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License Agreement for Application Response Measurement (ARM) SDK |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/ApplicationResponseMeasurementSDKLicense |
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CACert Root Distribution License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/CACert_Root_Distribution_License |
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DIP SIPA Font License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/DIP_SIPA_Font_License |
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https://github.com/upx/upx/blob/1a9128a473c4efa5006cc501d0f418e366b5f016/LICENSE |
This LICENSE file states terms that the UPX project characterizes as an exception to GPLv2-or-later. Based on some changes made by the maintainers: https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/295889023fdf2818b381deb779fe21452cf2988d#diff-2b7814d3fca2e99e56c51b6ff2aa313ea6e9da6424804240aa8ad891fdfe0900R92 https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/295889023fdf2818b381deb779fe21452cf2988d#diff-8fb22d0484d91bba91b05e1435439d177c03610ec37e59097a15d4c7aeb0f086R943 our understanding is that certain statements in this file (particularly in the "Annotations" section) are not interpretations of and limitations placed on GPLv2 itself but rather explanations of certain requirements embodied in the GPL exception. It is not clear whether these statement are best viewed as a GPL exception (in the orthodox GPL community sense of an additional permission) or as an alternative non-GPL license. Regardless of whether these statements are seen as a GPL exception or as an alternative license, they should be classified as "not-allowed" for Fedora. However, given the clarifications made by the UPX maintainers, UPX is permitted to be packaged in Fedora under GPLv2-or-later. The spec file license tag (assuming no other pertinent licensing information applies) should be "GPL-2.0-or-later". The equivalent TOML file LicenseRef-UPX.toml (with status "not-allowed") is also being added to the TOML file directory since some may prefer to view this as a distinct license rather than as a GPL exception for Fedora classification purposes. This TOML file contains most of the contents of the LICENSE file (some material at the beginning and end is not relevant and has not been copied). We should change the SPDX expression if SPDX adds the 'ExpressionRef' construct permitting user-defined exceptions to something like 'GPL-2.0-or-later WITH ExceptionRef-UPX'. |
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https://github.com/andrastantos/cray-sim/blob/ac26629e290288964c9721adff980a55415a70c4/LICENSE |
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IBM Sample Code License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/IBM_Sample_Code_License |
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Fedora packages can include files with character entity declaration sets purportedly covered by this license text. |
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Intel IPW3945 Daemon License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Intel_IPW3945_Daemon_License |
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Larabie Fonts License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LarabieFontsLicense |
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Literat Font License |
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Microsoft’s Shared Source CLI/C#/Jscript License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Microsoft_Shared_Source_License |
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Metasploit Framework License (pre 2006) |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Metasploit_Framework_License |
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Nmap Public Source License Version 0.92 (NPSL) |
https://nmap.org/npsl/npsl-annotated.html https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/LICENSE |
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NASA CDF License |
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Open Motif Public End User License |
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LinuxTag Yellow OpenMusic License |
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Sun Community Source License |
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Siren14 License Agreement |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Siren14_Licensing_Agreement |
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Spin Commercial License |
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Sun Binary Code License Agreement |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Sun_Binary_Code_License_Agreement |
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SystemC Open Source License |
http://www.systemc.org/about/org_docs/license/ http://web.archive.org/web/20111128143257/http://www.systemc.org/about/org_docs/license/ |
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TORQUE v2.5+ Software License v1.0 |
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https://github.com/upx/upx/blob/1a9128a473c4efa5006cc501d0f418e366b5f016/LICENSE |
This LICENSE file states terms that the UPX project characterizes as an exception to GPLv2-or-later. Based on some changes made by the maintainers: https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/295889023fdf2818b381deb779fe21452cf2988d#diff-2b7814d3fca2e99e56c51b6ff2aa313ea6e9da6424804240aa8ad891fdfe0900R92 https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/295889023fdf2818b381deb779fe21452cf2988d#diff-8fb22d0484d91bba91b05e1435439d177c03610ec37e59097a15d4c7aeb0f086R943 our understanding is that certain statements in this file (particularly in the "Annotations" section) are not interpretations of and limitations placed on GPLv2 itself but rather explanations of certain requirements embodied in the GPL exception. It is not clear whether these statement are best viewed as a GPL exception (in the orthodox GPL community sense of an additional permission) or as an alternative non-GPL license. Regardless of whether these statements are seen as a GPL exception or as an alternative license, they should be classified as "not-allowed" for Fedora. However, given the clarifications made by the UPX maintainers, UPX is permitted to be packaged in Fedora under GPLv2-or-later. The spec file license tag (assuming no other pertinent licensing information applies) should be "GPL-2.0-or-later". The equivalent TOML file LicenseRef-GPL-2.0-or-later_WITH_UPX.toml (with status "not-allowed") is also being added to the TOML file directory since some may prefer to view this as a GPL exception for Fedora classification purposes. This TOML file contains most of the contents of the LICENSE file (some material at the beginning and end is not relevant and has not been copied). |
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W3C Documentation License |
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Agere LT Modem Driver License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Agere_LT_Modem_Driver_License |
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Amazon Software License |
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Aptana Public License |
http://aptana.com/legal/apl/ https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/aptana-1.0/?_list_filters=q%3Daptana#license-text |
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Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 |
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C/Migemo License |
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Commons Clause |
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University of Washington Free Fork License |
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Frontier Artistic License |
http://www.spinwardstars.com/frontier/fal.html https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/frontier-1.0/?_list_filters=q%3Dfrontier#license-text |
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Helix DNA Technology Binary Research Use License |
https://helixcommunity.org/beula/ https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/helix/?_list_filters=q%3Dhelix#license-text |
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Hacktivismo Enhanced-Source Software License Agreement |
http://www.hacktivismo.com/about/hessla.php https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/hessla/?_list_filters=q%3Dhacktivismo#license-text |
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Apple iTunes License |
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lha license |
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/non-free/l/lha/current/copyright |
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MAME License |
http://mamedev.org/legal.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140209072501/http://mamedev.org/legal.html |
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McRae General Public License |
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MSNTP License |
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Open Directory License |
http://dmoz.org/license.html https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/odl/#license-text |
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OSGi Specification License |
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Paul Hsieh Derivative License |
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Paul Hsieh Exposition License |
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Pine License |
http://www.washington.edu/pine/overview/legal.html https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/pine/?_list_filters=q%3Dpine#license-text |
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qmail License |
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Apple Quicktime License |
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Scilab License (OLD) |
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SGI GLX Public License 1.0 |
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Squeak License |
http://squeak.org/SqueakLicense/ https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/squeak/?_list_filters=q%3Dsqueak#license-text |
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mrouted license (old) |
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Sun RPC License |
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Sun Solaris Source Code (Foundation Release) License |
http://www.mibsoftware.com/librock/librock/license/ssscfr.txt |
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Terracotta Public License 1.0 |
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Ubuntu Font License |
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unrar license |
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Unsplash License |
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University of Utah Public License |
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~gk/teem/txt/LICENSE.txt https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/uofu-rfpl/#license-text |
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NASA Open Source Agreement v1.3 |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/NASA_Open_Source_Agreement |
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Open CASCADE Technology Public License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Open_CASCADE_Technology_Public_License |
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Open Group Test Suite License |
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Open Public License |
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Open_Public_License |
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Open Publication License, v1.0 |
Allowed-for documentation if the copyright holder does not exercise any of the “LICENSE OPTIONS” listed in Section VI |
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OCLC Public Research License 2.0 |
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Reciprocal Public License |
https://opensource.org/licenses/rpl1.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/RPL-1.5 |
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Ricoh Source Code Public License |
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SGI Free Software License B 1.1 or older |
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/ https://enterprise.dejacode.com/licenses/public/sgi-fslb-1.0/?_list_filters=q%3Dsgi#license-text |
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Server Side Public License v1 (SSPL) |
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Sybase Open Watcom Public License 1.0 |
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Yahoo Public License 1.0 |
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Zimbra Public License 1.3 |
http://www.zimbra.com/license/zimbra-public-license-1-3.html |
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gSOAP Public License |
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Fraunhofer FDK AAC License |
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http://web.archive.org/web/20210511064817/https://old.calculate-linux.org/packages/licenses/LDP-1 |
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old no-commercial-use license variant of MagniComp-EULA |
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This license does not meet Fedora’s current standards because of its patent language. |
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https://sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/HEAD/tree/userguide/hpcdtoppm.html#l414 |
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Uses of source code released by the Trusted Computing Group under this license in the packages libtpms and tss2, historically assumed by Fedora to be "good" prior to 2022-08-01, are allowed. |
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https://github.com/chamfay/Curlew/blob/master/LICENSE-ar.txt https://github.com/chamfay/Curlew/blob/master/LICENSE-en.txt |
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This license does not meet Fedora’s current standards because of a lack of clarity around copyleft policies. |
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https://github.com/sacd-ripper/sacd-ripper/blob/master/libs/libdstdec/ccp_calc.c |
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