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=== TrueCrypt License === {{further|TrueCrypt#License and source model}} The TrueCrypt License was used by the [[TrueCrypt]] [[disk encryption]] [[Utility software|utility]].<ref name="truecrypt-archive">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/DrWhax/truecrypt-archive/blob/master/doc/License-v3.1.txt|title=truecrypt-archive/License-v3.1.txt at master Β· DrWhax/truecrypt-archive|website=GitHub|date=28 Mar 2014|access-date=23 Jul 2018}}</ref> When TrueCrypt was discontinued, the [[VeraCrypt]] [[Fork (software development)|fork]] switched to the [[Apache License]], but retained the TrueCrypt License for code inherited from TrueCrypt.<ref name="VeraCrypt license">{{cite web|url=https://www.veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt/tree/License.txt?h=VeraCrypt_1.19|title=root/License.txt|website=VeraCrypt|publisher=TrueCrypt Foundation|date=17 Oct 2016|access-date=23 Jul 2018}}</ref> The [[Open Source Initiative]] rejects the TrueCrypt License, as "it has elements incompatible with the [[Open Source Definition|OSD]]."<ref name=Phipps>{{Citation | last =Phipps | first =Simon | author-link =Simon Phipps (programmer) | title =TrueCrypt or false? Would-be open source project must clean up its act | publisher =[[InfoWorld]] | date =15 November 2013 | url = http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/truecrypt-or-false-would-be-open-source-project-must-clean-its-act-230862 | access-date = 20 May 2014}}</ref> The [[Free Software Foundation]] criticizes the license for restricting who can execute the program, and for enforcing a trademark condition.<ref name="FSFLicenseList">{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html|title=Various Licenses and Comments about Them|website=GNU Operating System|publisher=Free Software Foundation|access-date=23 Jul 2018}}</ref>
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