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Licenses
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 |