Flora License
| Latest version | 1.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2013 |
| DFSG compatible | No |
| FSF approved | No |
| OSI approved | No |
| GPL compatible | No |
| Copyleft | No |
| Linking from code with a different license | Yes |
| Website | http://floralicense.org/ |
Flora License is a single purpose permissive software license used by the Linux Foundation in certain platform components of Tizen.
The text of Flora License Version 1.0 is similar to Apache License 2.0 without Apache's general patent license, having a patent license only for the "Tizen Certified Platform".
Some of the differences include changed text in the Definitions, Grant of Patent License, and Redistribution sections. Paragraph 4 regarding the redistribution is comparable to standard BSD licenses:
Webinos wrote in its Open Governance white paper, October 2012 that “there are no formal limitations with regard to obtaining the source code and creating derivatives thereof”.
It only grants patents to Tizen Certified Platforms that pass the Tizen Association's compatibility test. Therefore, it is likely not compatible with requirements of the Open Source Initiative.
The Flora license was released in May 2012 as part of version 1.0 (Larkspur) of Tizen. It covers some user-facing applications such as boot animation, a calendar, music player, the task manager, and more.
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