Auckland Challenge Policies

Open Source

Policies

Open
source.

The open source and Creative Commons licences that apply to the software and works Auckland Challenge uses and creates.

GPL & AGPL

Auckland Challenge utilises software licensed under the GNU GPLv2 (or later) and GNU GPLv3 (or later) licences. Auckland Challenge will comply with the terms set out within these licences, including providing the source code and modifications covered by the licence upon request. For items licensed under AGPL, modifications and source are available on Auckland Challenge’s GitHub.

To request the source code for software utilised by Auckland Challenge that is not available on GitHub, please make a formal request to: Auckland Challenge Inc Technical Services, it@aucklandchallenge.org.nz, subject: GPL Source Request. Auckland Challenge will provide the source upon receipt of a $5 administration fee. The source may be provided in any format deemed suitable by Auckland Challenge.

Software utilised by Auckland Challenge under open source licences:

  • Auckland Challenge Website (www.aucklandchallenge.org.nz): built off WordPress, licensed under GNU GPLv2 (or later)
  • ACORN (acorn.aucklandchallenge.org.nz): built off Moodle, licensed under GNU GPLv3 (or later)

Creative Commons

Auckland Challenge develops works licensed under the Creative Commons licences. Applicable licences are as follows:

Creative Commons Licence
The below works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

  • The “Introduction to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award” PowerPoint, available on ACORN and through other means. This covers all past, present and future versions.
    • Some media in this file is not covered. This includes: The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award logos (all rights reserved to the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award); The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND video (all rights reserved to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award); and any photos not owned by Auckland Challenge (all rights reserved to the originator).