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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-863/annex/division-EUROPEAN/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-863/annex/division-EUROPEAN/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/863",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/863 of 18 May 2017 updating the open source software licence EUPL to further facilitate the sharing and reuse of software developed by public administrations",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-863",
  "path": "annex/division/EUROPEAN/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Licence, the following terms have the following meaning:\n— ‘The Licence’ this Licence.\n— ‘The Original Work’ the work or software distributed or communicated by the Licensor under this Licence, available as Source Code and also as Executable Code as the case may be.\n— ‘Derivative Works’ the works or software that could be created by the Licensee, based upon the Original Work or modifications thereof. This Licence does not define the extent of modification or dependence on the Original Work required in order to classify a work as a Derivative Work; this extent is determined by copyright law applicable in the country mentioned in Article 15.\n— ‘The Work’ the Original Work or its Derivative Works.\n— ‘The Source Code’ the human-readable form of the Work which is the most convenient for people to study and modify.\n— ‘The Executable Code’ any code which has generally been compiled and which is meant to be interpreted by a computer as a program.\n— ‘The Licensor’ the natural or legal person that distributes or communicates the Work under the Licence.\n— ‘Contributor(s)’ any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under the Licence, or otherwise contributes to the creation of a Derivative Work.\n— ‘The Licensee’ or ‘You’ any natural or legal person who makes any usage of the Work under the terms of the Licence.\n— ‘Distribution’ or ‘Communication’ any act of selling, giving, lending, renting, distributing, communicating, transmitting, or otherwise making available, online or offline, copies of the Work or providing access to its essential functionalities at the disposal of any other natural or legal person.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/863/annex/division/EUROPEAN/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:29.489108+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}