DSpace Source Code BSD License

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the name LYRASIS nor the name of the DSpace Foundation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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License Third-Party Libraries

DSpace uses third-party libraries which may be distributed under different licenses to the above. Information about these licenses is detailed in the LICENSES_THIRD_PARTY file at the root of the source tree. While we attempt to only use third-party libraries that are released under BSD-compatible licenses, you must agree to the terms of these licenses, in addition to the above DSpace source code license, in order to use this software. You can view the licensing notices on github at https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/main/NOTICE#L11-L28.

DSpace Licensing Notices

[July 2019] DuraSpace joined with LYRASIS (another 501(c)3 organization) in July 2019.
LYRASIS holds the copyrights of DuraSpace.

[July 2009] Fedora Commons joined with the DSpace Foundation and began operating under
the new name DuraSpace in July 2009. DuraSpace holds the copyrights of
the DSpace Foundation, Inc.

[July 2007] The DSpace Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 corporation established in July 2007
with a mission to promote and advance the dspace platform enabling management,
access and preservation of digital works. The Foundation was able to transfer
the legal copyright from Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) to the DSpace Foundation in October 2007. Many
of the files in the source code may contain a copyright statement stating HP
and MIT possess the copyright, in these instances please note that the copy
right has transferred to the DSpace foundation, and subsequently to DuraSpace.