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CeCILL-CCEA / CNRS / INRIA · 2013The library-oriented weak-copyleft branch of the CeCILL family, roughly parallel to LGPL-style use cases.CECILL-CWeak copyleftCEA / CNRS / INRIA2013Common Development and Distribution License 1.0Sun Microsystems / Oracle · 2004File-based weak copyleft license derived from MPL 1.1, used by projects such as OpenZFS and Illumos descendants.CDDL-1.0Weak copyleftSun Microsystems / Oracle2004Common Development and Distribution License 1.1Sun Microsystems / Oracle · 2005Updated CDDL revision retaining the same general file-level weak-copyleft structure.CDDL-1.1Weak copyleftSun Microsystems / Oracle2005Eclipse Public License 1.0Eclipse Foundation · 2004The earlier Eclipse weak-copyleft license, historically important in Java tooling and enterprise software.EPL-1.0Weak copyleftEclipse Foundation2004Eclipse Public License 2.0Eclipse Foundation · 2017Weak copyleft used across the Eclipse ecosystem, designed around modularity and commercial compatibility.EPL-2.0Weak copyleftEclipse Foundation2017European Union Public License 1.2European Commission · 2017European public-sector weak copyleft license with explicit compatibility language for multiple other licenses.EUPL-1.2Weak copyleftEuropean Commission2017GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1Free Software Foundation · 1999The classic weak-copyleft library license of the pre-v3 GNU era, still common across infrastructure software.LGPL-2.1-or-laterWeak copyleftFree Software Foundation1999GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0Free Software Foundation · 2007Weak copyleft for libraries: the library itself stays free, but proprietary programs may link against it.LGPL-3.0-or-laterWeak copyleftFree Software Foundation2007GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 onlyFree Software Foundation · 2007LGPLv3 without the “or later” clause, preserving the exact GNU weak-copyleft text of version 3 only.LGPL-3.0-onlyWeak copyleftFree Software Foundation2007GNU Library General Public License v2.0Free Software Foundation · 1991The older “Library GPL” predecessor to LGPL 2.1, historically significant in early free software libraries.LGPL-2.0-or-laterWeak copyleftFree Software Foundation1991Mozilla Public License 1.1Mozilla Foundation · 1999The older Mozilla file-level weak copyleft, historically important before the simplification and compatibility work of MPL 2.0.MPL-1.1Weak copyleftMozilla Foundation1999Mozilla Public License 2.0Mozilla Foundation · 2012File-level copyleft used by Firefox and Thunderbird — a middle ground between GPL and permissive licenses.MPL-2.0Weak copyleftMozilla Foundation2012