University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License [SEP] based on
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License
The University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License, or UIUC license, is a permissive free software license, based on the MIT/X11 license and the 3-clause BSD license. By combining parts of these two licenses, it attempts to be clearer and more concise than either.
The license is the result of efforts by a University of Illinois committee set up in 2001. The intention was to create a new license standard for both NCSA and the worldwide software community in general
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Comparison to other licenses.
The University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License is template-based, like the MIT/X11 and BSD licenses.
The initial license grant is based on text from the MIT license; it clearly states that it applies to the software plus any associated documentation files, and is more specific about what rights are conveyed than the BSD license.
The three license clauses are almost identical to those found in the modified BSD license. It requires