The ’’‘Adaptive Public License’’’ (APL) is an Open Source license from the University of Victoria. It is a non-viral, semi-copyleft, adaptable template license that has been approved by the Open Source Initiative.
The Initial Contributor for a project sets up the license conditions for that project by choosing their specific options from the license template. Choices include:
Whether or not to grant patent rights.
Governing jurisdiction.
Limited attribution and branding clauses.
The scope of how widely the source can be distributed before being obliged to contribute code changes.
The extent to which changes need to be documented.
