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197Appendix
198“Compatible Licences” according to article 5 EUPL are:
199- GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) v. 2
200- Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0
201- Common Public License v. 1.0
202- Eclipse Public License v. 1.0
203- Cecill v. 2.0
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