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Licenses

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Comparison of Licenses

License Intended scope Copyleft Practical modifiability Attribution Related rights Access control prohibition Worldwide applicability
Against DRM Works of art Normal No No Granted Yes Exact translations
Creative Commons Attribution Non-software No No Yes Granted Yes National adaptations
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike Non-software Normal No Yes Granted Yes National adaptations
Design Science License Generic, optimally science data Normal Yes No No No Same license (English version)
Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License Generic No No No Granted No Same license (English version)
Free Art License Non-software Normal No Yes Granted No Exact translations (French law)
FreeBSD Documentation License Documentation No No No No No Same license (English version)
GNU Free Documentation License Documentation Normal Yes Yes - Yes Same license (English version)
GNU Lesser General Public License Generic, optimally Software Weak Yes No - No Same license (English version)
GNU General Public License Generic, optimall