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Overview
This topic describes the information provided on the License Details screen.
License Risk Scores
The following table contains a list of licenses with detailed copyright risk scores as provided by WhiteSource
License | Copyright Risk Score |
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Academic 3.0 | 39 |
AGPL 3.0 | 91 |
Apache 1.0 | 39 |
Apache 1.1 | 39 |
Apache 2.0 | 39 |
Apple 2.0 | 52 |
Artistic 2.0 | 65 |
Attribution Assurance | 39 |
Beerware | 39 |
Boost | 39 |
Bouncy Castle | 39 |
BSD 2 | 39 |
BSD 3 | 39 |
BSD 4 | 39 |
CC BY 1.0 | 39 |
CC BY SA 4.0 | 39 |
CDDL 1.0 | 52 |
CDDL 1.1 | 52 |
CNRI Jython | 39 |
Common Public 1.0 | 52 |
Computer Associates | 65 |
Eclipse 1.0 | 65 |
Eclipse 2.0 | 65 |
EDL 1.0 | 39 |
Educational 2.0 | 39 |
Eiffel Forum 2.0 | 39 |
Entessa | 39 |
EU DataGrid | 39 |
Frameworx 1.0 | 78 |
Golang BSD + Patents | 39 |
GPL 1.0 | 78 |
GPL 2.0 | 78 |
GPL 2.0 Classpath | 65 |
GPL 3.0 | 78 |
Historical Permission | 39 |
IBM | 39 |
Illinois/NCSA | 39 |
ISC | 39 |
LGPL 2.0 | 65 |
LGPL 2.1 | 65 |
LGPL 3.0 | 65 |
Lucent 1.02 | 39 |
Microsoft Public | 65 |
Microsoft Reciprocal | 52 |
MIT | 39 |
Mozilla 1.0 | 65 |
Mozilla 1.1 | 65 |
Mozilla 2.0 | 65 |
NUnit | 39 |
Open LDAP 2.4 | 39 |
OpenSSL | 39 |
PostgreSQL | 39 |
Public Domain | 13 |
Python 2.0 | 39 |
Ruby | 78 |
SIL Open Font 1.1 | 39 |
Unlicense | 13 |
X.Net | 39 |
Zlib | 39 |
Parameter Definitions
This table provides the possible values WhiteSource uses to display Copyleft risk information.
Copyleft | |
Value | Description |
Full | Copyleft on modifications as well as own code that uses the OSS |
Partial | Copyleft applies only to modifications |
No | Not a Copyleft license |
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This table describes the Copyright risk scores.
Copyright Risk Score | ||
Value | Description | Associated Risk |
13 | Licensee may use the code without restriction | LOW |
26 | Anyone who distributes the code must retain any attributions included in the original distribution | LOW |
39 | Anyone who distributes the code must provide certain notices, attributions and/or license terms in documentation with the software | LOW |
52 | Anyone who distributes a modification of the code may be required to make the source code for the modification publicly available at no charge | LOW |
65 | Anyone who distributes a modification of the code or a product that is based on or contains part of the code may be required to make publicly available the source code for the product or modification, subject to an exception for software that dynamically links to the original code. (example: LGPL) | MEDIUM |
78 | Anyone who distributes a modification of the code or a product that is based on or contains part of the code may be required to make publicly available the source code for the product or modification. (example: GPL) | HIGH |
91 | Anyone who develops a product that is based on or contains part of the code, or who modifies the code, may be required to make publicly available the source code for that product or modification if s/he (a) distributes the software or (b) enables others to use the software via hosted or web services. (example: Affero) | HIGH |
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This table describes the license Linking values.
Linking | |
Value | Description |
Viral | Royalty-free and no identified patent risks |
Non-Viral | Royalty-free unless litigated |
Dynamic | No patents granted |
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This table describes the Royalty values.
Royalty Free | |
Value | Description |
Yes | Royalty-free and no identified patent risks |
Conditional | Royalty-free unless litigated |
No | No patents granted |
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