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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Cairo is free software. -Every source file in the implementation of cairo is available to be +Every source file in the implementation[*] of cairo is available to be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 or the Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 1.1. Some files are available under more @@ -13,5 +13,20 @@ conditions of either license: COPYING-LGPL-2.1 COPYING-MPL-1.1 -Please see each file in the implementation for Copyright and licensing -information. +Please see each file in the implementation for copyright and licensing +information, (in the opening comment of each file). + +[*] The implementation of cairo is contained entirely within the "src" +and "pixman" directories of the cairo source distribution. There are +other components of the cairo source distribution (such as the "test" +and "perf") that are auxiliary to the library itself. None of the +source code in these directories contributes to a build of the cairo +library itself, (libcairo.so or cairo.dll or similar). + +These auxilary components are also free software, but may be under +different license terms than cairo itself. For example, most of the +test cases in the perf and test directories are made available under +an MIT license to simplify any use of this code for reference purposes +in using cairo itself. Other files might be available under the GNU +General Public License (GPL), for example. Again, please see the +opening comment of each file for copyright and licensing information. |