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authorJohn Mark Bell <jmb@netsurf-browser.org>2007-08-09 15:32:39 +0000
committerJohn Mark Bell <jmb@netsurf-browser.org>2007-08-09 15:32:39 +0000
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+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