Copyright and License FAQ: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:48, 9 August 2011

EPrints is copyright University of Southampton. Some Perl libraries are included and are the copyright of their respective authors.

Since EPrints 3.3, binary files (bin/ cgi/) are released under GPLv3 and all other files undef LGPLv3. Before 3.3 all EPrints files are GPLv3.

We have the option, but currently have no reason to. Contact us if you need a copy under a different licences.

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 == Who owns the copyright? ==
-University of Southampton holds the copyright on EPrints 1 and 2. Some files have more complicated copyright, but the EPrints perl modules and scripts are entirely
+EPrints is copyright University of Southampton. Some Perl libraries are included and are the copyright of their respective authors.
+==What is the license?==
+Since EPrints 3.3, binary files (bin/ cgi/) are released under GPLv3 and all other files undef LGPLv3. Before 3.3 all EPrints files are GPLv3.
+==Will you release under other Licenses? ==
+We have the option, but currently have no reason to. [[Contact]] us if you need a copy under a different licences.