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EUPL 1.2

The EUPL is an open source software licence created by the European Commission. It is available in 23 languages and it can be used by all public and private software licensors.

The EUPL enables public administrations, businesses and individuals to embrace the free/open source model to maximise their software development potential.

The latest version of the licence – the EUPL v.1.2 – was published in 2017. It provides for wider compatibility with other open source licences compared to the previous version – EUPL v.1.1.

European Commission, Directorate-General for Digital Services, Schmitz, P., European Union Public Licence (EUPL) – Guidelines July 2021, Publications Office, 2021, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2799/77160