Open license
Standardized permission allowing specified reuse under stated conditions.
What Open license does not show
“Open” does not always mean unrestricted, public domain, attribution-free, or suitable for model training.
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Questions about Open license
What is Open license?
Standardized permission allowing specified reuse under stated conditions.
What does Open license not show or guarantee?
“Open” does not always mean unrestricted, public domain, attribution-free, or suitable for model training.
Which area of the glossary does Open license belong to?
Governance and rights: Who may use content for what: rights reservations, opt-outs, licences, model documentation and the accountability vocabulary around them.
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