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Template – professional final review recommended. This page summarizes the licensing and release principles of GitCover Commons gUG. The license file of the respective repository or material is always binding. As of: [DD.MM.YYYY].

GitCover Commons gUG (limited liability) — "GCC" — promotes open source and open knowledge. To make it clear what may be used how, the principle applies throughout: the license attached to each work is the governing one. This page only explains where to find these details and which licenses we typically use.

1. Principle: The license attached to the work is governing

For every work (software repository, dataset, training material, graphic), the license stored with it is binding. We mark licenses in a machine-readable manner according to the REUSE standard using SPDX identifiers. Governing sources per work (typical):

flowchart TD A["GCC work
(Code · Docs · Material · Graphic)"] B{"License
notice?"} L1["LICENSE / LICENSES/"] L2["SPDX-License-Identifier
in the file"] L3[".reuse/dep5"] L4["Notice in the material"] R["This specific license is
BINDING for use"] F["In case of doubt: Contact
gemeinnuetzig@gitcover.org"] A --> B B -->|Repository| L1 B -->|File| L2 B -->|Collection| L3 B -->|Website/Doc| L4 L1 --> R L2 --> R L3 --> R L4 --> R B -->|no notice| F classDef n fill:#e3f2fd,stroke:#1565c0,stroke-width:2px; classDef ok fill:#e8f5e9,stroke:#2e7d32,stroke-width:2px; classDef q fill:#fff3e0,stroke:#ef6c00,stroke-dasharray:4 3; class A,L1,L2,L3,L4 n; class R ok; class F q;

2. Typical Licenses

Unless otherwise indicated, we use:

Type of work Typical license (SPDX) Meaning in brief
Software / Source code Apache-2.0 or MIT Use, modification, and redistribution – including commercial – permitted under the terms of the license
Documentation / Training material CC-BY-4.0 or CC-BY-SA-4.0 Redistribution/modification with source and license attribution (for SA: same license)
Website content CC-BY-SA-4.0 as above
Standards / Specifications indicated per document see the respective license notice

The table is for orientation only. In individual cases, only the license stored with the work applies (Section 1).

3. Usage and Publishing Releases

Releases granted beyond the licenses (e.g., for redistribution of materials, source attribution, use of templates) apply exclusively to commercial users (entrepreneurs within the meaning of § 14 BGB; see Terms and Conditions, Section 2) and only to the extent granted.

4. Trademarks, Names, and Logos (excluded)

The open licenses do not cover trademark, name, or distinctive mark rights. In particular, "GitCover" and "Coverflex" as well as associated logos are protected and may not be used to identify own products/services without separate written permission. Third-party trademarks (e.g., "GitLab", "GitHub", "Codeberg", "Open WebUI") are the property of their respective rights holders.

5. Third-Party Licenses (Third-Party Components)

Our software and this website may contain third-party components under their own open source licenses. These are identified in the respective LICENSES/ collection or in a THIRD-PARTY/NOTICE file of the repository and take precedence for the component in question.

Third-party components used on this website:

Component Purpose License (SPDX) Source
Mermaid.js Diagram rendering MIT via jsDelivr CDN
Google Fonts Fonts OFL-1.1 / Apache-2.0 (per font) via Google CDN

Note: The inclusion of Mermaid.js and Google Fonts via external CDNs is also relevant for data protection — see Privacy Policy, Sections 2a and 5.

6. Contributions

Contributions to our projects are made according to the conditions stored in the respective project — typically via a Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) or a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) (CONTRIBUTING file in the repository).

7. Locations

Questions about licensing: gemeinnuetzig@gitcover.org.