From 589069cc9a647064b72b6acd0e3a79728d8dd5e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Mark Bell Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:32:39 +0000 Subject: Clarify licensing arrangements svn path=/trunk/netsurf/; revision=3493 --- COPYING | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) (limited to 'COPYING') diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index b7b5f53df..2b22bcd48 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,3 +1,52 @@ +The source code, documentation, translatable messages files and UI +definitions contained within NetSurf are licensed under the following terms: + + NetSurf is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. + + In addition, as a special exception, permission is granted to link the + code of this release of NetSurf with the OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" + library (or with modified versions of it that use the same licence as + the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute the linked executables. You must + obey the GNU General Public License version 2 in all respects for all of + the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you modify the code, you may + extend this exception to your version of the code, but you are not + obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception + statement from your version. + +All visual artwork contained within NetSurf is licensed under the terms of +the MIT License. + +The full text of the MIT and GPL licenses are provided in Annex A and +Annex B of this document. + + +Annex A: The MIT License +------------------------ + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy +of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal +in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights +to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is +furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in +all copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN +THE SOFTWARE. + + +Annex B: The GNU General Public License +--------------------------------------- + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 -- cgit v1.2.3