Eclipse Public License 2.0
弱いコピーレフトSPDX 識別子:
EPL-2.0OSI ✓データ更新日: 2026年9月26日機械翻訳かんたんな説明
モジュール単位の弱いコピーレフトで特許許諾付き。互換性のため GPL を二次ライセンスに指定できる。
たとえ: 借りた章の変更は共有し、本の残りはあなたのもの。
長所
- + ビジネスに優しいコピーレフト
- + 特許の許諾
短所
- - 二次ライセンスを指定した場合のみ GPL と互換
- - モジュールの境界があいまいなことがある
このライセンスを使う有名プロジェクト
マップ内の有名プロジェクト 5 件がこのライセンスを使用しています。
許可
- 商用利用
- 改変
- 配布
- 私的利用
- 特許の許諾
条件
- 著作権表示を残す
- ソースを開示
- 同じライセンス(ファイル単位)
制限
- 責任を負わない
- 保証なし
- 商標権は付与しない
極端なシナリオ · コードのライセンス
- A1可能クラウド事業者があなたのプロジェクトをマネージドサービスとして販売する
- A2条件付き誰かがフォークしてクローズドソースの競合製品を配布する
- A3可能クローズドソースの SaaS バックエンドに組み込まれる(配布なし)
- A4可能クローズドソースのアプリやファームウェアにリンクされて配布される
- A5ライセンスが禁止誰かがあなたの名前や商標を使って改変版を宣伝する
- A6条件付き誰かが無改変のコピーを販売する
- B1ライセンスが禁止ユーザーがあなたを特許侵害で訴え、コードを使い続ける
- B2ライセンスが禁止コントリビューターが自分の貢献コードの特許を主張する
- B3条件付き国際的な紛争:準拠法と裁判地
- C1条件付き後でライセンスを変更したり商用ライセンスを販売したりする(CLA 未締結)
- C2条件付きあなたのコードが GPL-3.0 のプロジェクトに取り込まれる
- C3ライセンスが禁止GPL-3.0 の依存関係を使いながら、このライセンスで出荷する
- C4可能プロジェクトが放棄され、誰かがフォークして継続する
- C5ライセンスが禁止大企業や競合だけを締め出したい
- C6規定なし重要なコードを従業員が書き、雇用主が公開に反対する
- D1ライセンスが禁止誰かが著作権表示やクレジットを削除する
- D2可能誰かが変更を明記せずにファイルを改変する
- D3可能社内での改変のみ(配布も外部サービスもなし)
- D4可能あなたが反対する軍事・監視などの用途に使われる
- D5規定なし制裁対象の組織に使われる
- D6規定なしあなたのコードが AI モデルの学習に使われる
最悪ケースのレーダー
- 1ただ乗り防止17
- 2クローズドフォーク防止25
- 3特許保護100
- 4導入の障壁13
- 5ライセンス変更の難しさ50
シナリオ表から自動計算。値が高いほどその性質が強いことを示し、「良い」という意味ではありません。
他と比較…
公式テキスト
法的効力があるのは公式テキストのみです。ライセンス本文は翻訳しません。
https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-2.0.html
Eclipse Public License 2.0
Eclipse Public License - v 2.0
THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ECLIPSE PUBLIC LICENSE (“AGREEMENT”). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
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a) in the case of the initial Contributor, the initial content Distributed under this Agreement, and
b) in the case of each subsequent Contributor:
i) changes to the Program, and
ii) additions to the Program;
where such changes and/or additions to the Program originate from and are Distributed by that particular Contributor. A Contribution “originates” from a Contributor if it was added to the Program by such Contributor itself or anyone acting on such Contributor's behalf. Contributions do not include changes or additions to the Program that are not Modified Works.
“Contributor” means any person or entity that Distributes the Program.
“Licensed Patents” mean patent claims licensable by a Contributor which are necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution alone or when combined with the Program.
“Program” means the Contributions Distributed in accordance with this Agreement.
“Recipient” means anyone who receives the Program under this Agreement or any Secondary License (as applicable), including Contributors.
“Derivative Works” shall mean any work, whether in Source Code or other form, that is based on (or derived from) the Program and for which the editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship.
“Modified Works” shall mean any work in Source Code or other form that results from an addition to, deletion from, or modification of the contents of the Program, including, for purposes of clarity any new file in Source Code form that contains any contents of the Program. Modified Works shall not include works that contain only declarations, interfaces, types, classes, structures, or files of the Program solely in each case in order to link to, bind by name, or subclass the Program or Modified Works thereof.
“Distribute” means the acts of a) distributing or b) making available in any manner that enables the transfer of a copy.
“Source Code” means the form of a Program preferred for making modifications, including but not limited to software source code, documentation source, and configuration files.
“Secondary License” means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, or any later versions of that license, including any exceptions or additional permissions as identified by the initial Contributor.
2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, Distribute and sublicense the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, and such Derivative Works.
b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under Licensed Patents to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import and otherwise transfer the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, in Source Code or other form. This patent license shall apply to the combination of the Contribution and the Program if, at the time the Contribution is added by the Contributor, such addition of the Contribution causes such combination to be covered by the Licensed Patents. The patent license shall not apply to any other combinations which include the Contribution. No hardware per se is licensed hereunder.
c) Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants the licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are provided by any Contributor that the Program does not infringe the patent or other intellectual property rights of any other entity. Each Contributor disclaims any liability to Recipient for claims brought by any other entity based on infringement of intellectual property rights or otherwise. As a condition to exercising the rights and licenses granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby assumes sole responsibility to secure any other intellectual property rights needed, if any. For example, if a third party patent license is required to allow Recipient to Distribute the Program, it is Recipient's responsibility to acquire that license before distributing the Program.
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e) Notwithstanding the terms of any Secondary License, no Contributor makes additional grants to any Recipient (other than those set forth in this Agreement) as a result of such Recipient's receipt of the Program under the terms of a Secondary License (if permitted under the terms of Section 3).
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b) the Contributor may Distribute the Program under a license different than this Agreement, provided that such license:
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iii) does not attempt to limit or alter the recipients' rights in the Source Code under section 3.2; and
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b) a copy of this Agreement must be included with each copy of the Program.
3.3 Contributors may not remove or alter any copyright, patent, trademark, attribution notices, disclaimers of warranty, or limitations of liability (‘notices’) contained within the Program from any copy of the Program which they Distribute, provided that Contributors may add their own appropriate notices.
4. COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
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If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the terms of this Agreement, and without further action by the parties hereto, such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.
If Recipient institutes patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Program itself (excluding combinations of the Program with other software or hardware) infringes such Recipient's patent(s), then such Recipient's rights granted under Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
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