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@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@ 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).
+directory of the cairo source distribution. There are other components
+of the cairo source distribution (such as the "test", "util", 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
+These auxiliary 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.
+General Public License (GPL), for example. Again, please see the COPYING
+file under each directory and the opening comment of each file for copyright
+and licensing information.