RealNetworks Public Source License

Author	RealNetworks
DFSG compatible	No
Free software	Yes
OSI approved	Yes
GPL compatible	No
Copyleft	?
Linking from code with a different license	?

The RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL) is a software licence. It has been approved as a free software licence by both Free Software Foundation^[1] and Open Source Initiative^[2] (OSI), but it is incompatible with the GPL^[1] and the Debian Free Software Guidelines.^[3]

The RPSL is used by the Helix project.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "FSF's licence list". http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html. "The RPSL is a free software license that is GPL-incompatible for a number of reasons..." 
2. ^ "Open Source Licenses by Category". http://www.opensource.org/licenses/category. "RPSL, Open Source Licenses which have successfully gone through the approval process and comply with the Open Source Definition." 
3. ^ "The DFSG and Software Licenses". http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses. "RPSL, licenses that is DFSG-incompatible." 

[edit] See also

• RealNetworks

[edit] External links

• RealNetworks Public Source License text

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