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# Standard License Reference Texts
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This collection supplies reusable reference texts for repositories adopting the
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[Open Source Licensing And Attribution Policy](../../policy/oss.md). Copy the
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texts your incorporated code, documentation, or assets use into your repository's
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`docs/oss/licenses/`, together with applicable companion texts. The collection is not exhaustive, and adopting
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projects need not copy every file.
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These files are reference material. Their presence does not license this
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repository or an adopting project under every listed license.
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## Sources
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The original nine texts were retrieved on 2026-09-26 and are preserved byte-for-byte from the
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sources below. GNU and Apache texts come directly from their publishers. MIT and
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BSD texts come from the SPDX License List data at commit
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`31ba1a50e5397e00a304dbadc76531740e89ee48`.
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CC-BY-SA 4.0 and CC0 1.0 were retrieved on 2026-09-27 from that same SPDX
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revision and are also preserved byte-for-byte. They support policy attribution
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and the example-format dedication described in the root [COPYRIGHT](../../../COPYRIGHT).
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| Local text | Source |
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| [GPL-2.0.txt](GPL-2.0.txt) | [Free Software Foundation](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt) |
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| [GPL-3.0.txt](GPL-3.0.txt) | [Free Software Foundation](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) |
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| [LGPL-2.0.txt](LGPL-2.0.txt) | [Free Software Foundation](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.txt) |
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| [LGPL-2.1.txt](LGPL-2.1.txt) | [Free Software Foundation](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt) |
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| [LGPL-3.0.txt](LGPL-3.0.txt) | [Free Software Foundation](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt) |
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| [BSD-2-Clause.txt](BSD-2-Clause.txt) | [SPDX](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/blob/31ba1a50e5397e00a304dbadc76531740e89ee48/text/BSD-2-Clause.txt) |
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| [BSD-3-Clause.txt](BSD-3-Clause.txt) | [SPDX](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/blob/31ba1a50e5397e00a304dbadc76531740e89ee48/text/BSD-3-Clause.txt) |
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| [MIT.txt](MIT.txt) | [SPDX](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/blob/31ba1a50e5397e00a304dbadc76531740e89ee48/text/MIT.txt) |
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| [Apache-2.0.txt](Apache-2.0.txt) | [Apache Software Foundation](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt) |
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| [CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt](CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt) | [SPDX](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/blob/31ba1a50e5397e00a304dbadc76531740e89ee48/text/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt) |
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| [CC0-1.0.txt](CC0-1.0.txt) | [SPDX](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/blob/31ba1a50e5397e00a304dbadc76531740e89ee48/text/CC0-1.0.txt) |
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## Using The Texts
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- Keep standard wording, formatting, and generic copyright placeholders intact.
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Put actual upstream copyright statements in the component's attribution entry.
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Link project-specific notices and exceptions to the imported upstream commit.
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- GNU filenames identify the text version. The attribution entry's SPDX
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expression specifies `-only` or `-or-later` according to the upstream grant;
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a shared text does not select that grant for the component.
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- LGPL 2.0 is the GNU Library General Public License. LGPL 2.1 and 3.0 are the
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GNU Lesser General Public License; these versions are distinct.
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- When copying LGPL 3.0, also copy GPL 3.0, whose terms it incorporates, and make
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both texts reachable from the attribution entry. Include other companion texts
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or exceptions when the component's applicable terms require them.
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Record any intentional source refresh here and preserve the retrieved text
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without editorial changes. No synchronization service or recurring release check
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is required for this reference collection.
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