Distribution.License

Cabal-1.22.5.0: A framework for packaging Haskell software

Copyright | Isaac Jones 2003-2005 Duncan Coutts 2008
License | BSD3
Maintainer | cabal-devel@haskell.org
Portability | portable
Safe Haskell | Safe
Language | Haskell98

Distribution.License

Description

Package descriptions contain fields for specifying the name of a software license and the name of the file containing the text of that license. While package authors may choose any license they like, Cabal provides an enumeration of a small set of common free and open source software licenses. This is done so that Hackage can recognise licenses, so that tools can detect licensing conflicts, and to deter license proliferation.

It is recommended that all package authors use the `license-file` or `license-files` fields in their package descriptions. Further information about these fields can be found in the Cabal users guide.

# Additional resources

The following websites provide information about free and open source software licenses:

- The Open Source Initiative (OSI)
- The Free Software Foundation (FSF)

# Disclaimer

The descriptions of software licenses provided by this documentation are intended for informational purposes only and in no way constitute legal advice. Please read the text of the licenses and consult a lawyer for any advice regarding software licensing.

Synopsis

- data License
  - = GPL (Maybe Version)
  - | AGPL (Maybe Version)
  - | LGPL (Maybe Version)
  - | BSD2
  - | BSD3
  - | BSD4
  - | MIT
  - | ISC
  - | MPL Version
  - | Apache (Maybe Version)
  - | PublicDomain
  - | AllRightsReserved
  - | UnspecifiedLicense
  - | OtherLicense
  - | UnknownLicense String
- knownLicenses :: [License]

# Documentation

data License

Indicates the license under which a package's source code is released. Versions of the licenses not listed here will be rejected by Hackage and cause `cabal check` to issue a warning.

Constructors

GPL (Maybe Version) | GNU General Public License, version 2 or version 3.
AGPL (Maybe Version) | GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.
LGPL (Maybe Version) | GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or version 3.
BSD2 | 2-clause BSD license.
BSD3 | 3-clause BSD license.
BSD4 | 4-clause BSD license. This license has not been approved by the OSI and is incompatible with the GNU GPL. It is provided for historical reasons and should be avoided.
MIT | MIT license.
ISC | ISC license
MPL Version | Mozilla Public License, version 2.0.
Apache (Maybe Version) | Apache License, version 2.0.
PublicDomain | The author of a package disclaims any copyright to its source code and dedicates it to the public domain. This is not a software license. Please note that it is not possible to dedicate works to the public domain in every jurisdiction, nor is a work that is in the public domain in one jurisdiction necessarily in the public domain elsewhere.
AllRightsReserved | Explicitly 'All Rights Reserved', eg for proprietary software. The package may not be legally modified or redistributed by anyone but the rightsholder.
UnspecifiedLicense | No license specified which legally defaults to 'All Rights Reserved'. The package may not be legally modified or redistributed by anyone but the rightsholder.
OtherLicense | Any other software license.
UnknownLicense String | Indicates an erroneous license name.

Instances

Eq License |
Data License |
Read License |
Show License |
Generic License |
Binary License |
Text License |
type Rep License |

knownLicenses :: [License]

The list of all currently recognised licenses.