Feb 03, 2026
Version 2
Nonviolent Nonprofit Open Education License (NNOEL) V.2
- 1World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Felipe Ribeiro
Protocol Citation: Felipe Ribeiro 2026. Nonviolent Nonprofit Open Education License (NNOEL). protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bp2l6zkbzgqe/v2Version created by Felipe Ribeiro
License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
We use this protocol and it's working
Created: February 03, 2026
Last Modified: February 03, 2026
Protocol Integer ID: 242578
Keywords: Open Source, Open License, Creative Commons, Ethical Source, Hyppocratical License, Contribution Covenant, European Union Public License (EUPL), Open Education, Nonviolence, Nonprofit, nonviolent nonprofit open education license, nnoel, european union public license, devsecop, open source, contributor covenant code of conduct, contributor covenant code, creative commons attribution, harm hippocratic license, sharealike international license, ethical source, noncommercial
Abstract
Nonviolent Nonprofit Open Education License (NNOEL) licenses resources, along all content and media inside of it, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike International License (CC BY-NC-SA) 4.0, combined with the Ethical Source Do No Harm Hippocratic License 3.0, and governed by the justice equity diversity inclusion (JEDI) Contributor Covenant code of conduct. Its interoperability is done through the European Union Public License (EUPL) which ensures downstream compatibility and adherence to open standards and open source secure operational development (DevSecOps).
Guidelines
Comply resources under the local rule of law (RoL) to each step of the license.
Materials
Creative Commons (CC) 'Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) 4.0 License': https://creativecommons.org.
European Union (EU) 'European Union Public License (EUPL)': https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/eupl-text-eupl-12.
United Nations (UN) Education Science Culture Organization (UNESCO) 'Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)': https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000370936.
Safety warnings
Fair Use Disclaimer: This license is intended for nonviolent nonprofit open science purposes only. These are the unique acceptable consistent fair uses of it. Any use outside these parameters, particularly commercial exploitation or violent content,are prohibited under the combined licensing terms and must be requested previously under the local rule of law (RoL) to the licensee.
Ethics statement
Fair Use Disclaimer: This license is intended for nonviolent nonprofit open science purposes only. These are the unique acceptable consistent fair uses of it. Any use outside these parameters, particularly commercial exploitation or violent content,are prohibited under the combined licensing terms and must be requested previously under the local rule of law (RoL) to the licensee.
Open Source (OS)
Open Source Technologies Compliance: Developments must be done using only open source licenses and software like Xubuntu GNU Linux, GNOME Text Editor (GEdit), GNU Images Manipulation Program (GIMP), Libre Office, Firefox Browser, and GitBook.
Optional Open Science Compliance:
Open Education: The work must be in compliance with United Nations (UN) Education Science Culture Organization (UNESCO) 'Open Science' and 'Recommendation on Open Educational Resources' and incetives the promotion of open access publishing inclusivity and accessibility.
European Union Public License (EUPL)
Rule of Law (RoL) Interoperability: This license allows the downstream interoperable merging of multiple licenses, or not, through the European Union Public License (EUPL) to facilitate its compatibility and reuse in open source and open educational resource (OER) development.
Ethical Sources (ES)
Do No Harm: Uses of the work must comply with the Ethical Source Hippocratic License 3.0, which requires no use to cause any harm to individuals or communities.
Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion (JEDI) Code of Conduct: All contributors must agree to abide by the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct to maintain an inclusive, respectful, and harassment-free community.
Creative Commons (CC)
Attribution (BY): Appropriate credit must be diligently given with the provision of a link to the license and indications of changes made.
NonCommercial (NC): All resources must not be used for commercial purposes, which must be negotiated with the author.
ShareAlike (SA): Remixes, transformations, and buildings made using any of the resources must be distributed alike under the same license as the original.
Creative Commons (CC) Communication to the Original Producer: Since the resources are authorized only for nonviolent nonprofit usages they must be communicated to the licensee to be acceptable.
Fair Use (FU)
Fair Use for Rule of Law (RoL) Nonviolent Nonprofit Open Education: This license allows only its fair-labor fair-trade usages. Any other use require official legal contract, so please contact us.
Protocol references
Creative Commons (CC) 'Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) 4.0 License': https://creativecommons.org.
European Union (EU) 'European Union Public License (EUPL)': https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/eupl-text-eupl-12.
United Nations (UN) Education Science Culture Organization (UNESCO) 'Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)': https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000370936.