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title: Educational Community License v2.0
spdx-id: ECL-2.0

description: The Educational Community License version 2.0 ("ECL") consists of the Apache 2.0 license, modified to change the scope of the patent grant in section 3 to be specific to the needs of the education communities using this license.

how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file.

note: The Apereo Foundation recommends taking the additional step of adding a boilerplate notice to the header of each source file. You can find the notice in the appendix at the very end of the license text.

using:
  Sakai: https://github.com/sakaiproject/sakai/blob/master/LICENSE
  OAE: https://github.com/oaeproject/Hilary/blob/master/LICENSE
  Opencast: https://github.com/opencast/opencast/blob/develop/LICENSE

permissions:
  - commercial-use
  - modifications
  - distribution
  - patent-use
  - private-use

conditions:
  - include-copyright
  - document-changes

limitations:
  - trademark-use
  - liability
  - warranty

---
Educational Community License

Version 2.0, April 2007

http://opensource.org/licenses/ECL-2.0

The Educational Community License version 2.0 ("ECL") consists of the Apache
2.0 license, modified to change the scope of the patent grant in section 3 to
be specific to the needs of the education communities using this license. The
original Apache 2.0 license can be found at:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

1. Definitions.

"License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and
distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.

"Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the
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"Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all other
entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with
that entity. For the purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the
power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such
entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent
(50%) or more of the outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such
entity.

"You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity exercising
permissions granted by this License.

"Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
including but not limited to software source code, documentation source, and
configuration files.

"Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical transformation or
translation of a Source form, including but not limited to compiled object
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"Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or Object form,
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contract, or otherwise, unless required by applicable law (such as deliberate
and grossly negligent acts) or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be
liable to You for damages, including any direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a result of
this License or out of the use or inability to use the Work (including but not
limited to damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or
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9. Accepting Warranty or Additional Liability.

While redistributing the Work or Derivative Works thereof, You may choose to
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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

APPENDIX: How to apply the Educational Community License to your work

To apply the Educational Community License to your work, attach the following
boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with
your own identifying information. (Don't include the brackets!) The text
should be enclosed in the appropriate comment syntax for the file format. We
also recommend that a file or class name and description of purpose be
included on the same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
identification within third-party archives.

Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] Licensed under the Educational
Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://opensource.org/licenses/ECL-2.0

 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
the License.
