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LICENSE-DATA: switch from CC0 to CC BY 4.0 (attribution required)
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DATA LICENSE — CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication)
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DATA LICENSE — CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International)
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The catalog metadata files in this repository are dedicated to the
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public domain under CC0 1.0 Universal. To the extent possible under
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law, Melvin Carvalho has waived all copyright and related or
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neighboring rights to these files. Anyone may copy, modify, distribute,
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and perform them, even for commercial purposes, all without asking
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permission.
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The catalog metadata files in this repository are licensed under the
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
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You are free to share and adapt the material for any purpose, including
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commercially, provided you give appropriate credit and indicate any
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changes.
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Full legal text: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
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Suggested attribution: "solid-apps catalog, https://solid-apps.github.io/,
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licensed under CC BY 4.0."
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Full legal text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
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What this covers
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CC0 applies to the solid-apps catalog metadata:
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CC BY 4.0 applies to the solid-apps catalog metadata:
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- <slug>/app.json — each app's catalog manifest
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- schema/app.schema.json — meta-schema for app.json
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The catalog is a directory — knowing what apps exist and what types
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they handle should be friction-free for any other catalog or
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discovery tool to consume. The apps themselves carry copyleft so
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their *implementations* stay AGPL while the *fact of their
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existence* (and which urn:solid types they serve) is public domain.
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discovery tool to consume (with attribution). The apps themselves carry
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copyleft so their *implementations* stay AGPL while the *catalog
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metadata* (which apps exist, types they serve) is CC BY 4.0.

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