The European Union Public Licence (EUPL)

Introduction to the EUPL

The EUPL is the first European Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) licence. It has been created on the initiative of the European Commission. Following an intensive preparatory process and a public consultation, it was approved by the European Commission on 9 January 2007. The EUPL is available in 22 official languages of the     European Union, all with identical legal value. Read More…

Text of the EUPL

The European Commission created the EUPL, which is now available in 22 official languages of the European Union. The following link contains all the official versions together with the EUPL version 1.1 and a preamble explaining the purpose of this Free/Open Source Software Licence. Read More…

How to use the EUPL

Practical Guidelines providing information on how to use the software distributed under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL v.1.1) and how to use this licence for distributing your own software.

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EUPL - Community

The EUPL has been activated here. A set of services are at the Community disposal in order to discuss about it.