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| author | Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> | 2020-09-08 12:01:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> | 2020-09-08 12:01:14 +0100 |
| commit | bf9c4b55cde402d61a02822c16f9eda0db4f8ad1 (patch) | |
| tree | e3dbd16f99276ec0d4cde3a89b5cae94a18181fd | |
| parent | fdcfecf48f4f661d2c88d18ca0d16758bbf40094 (diff) | |
| download | enchant-bf9c4b55cde402d61a02822c16f9eda0db4f8ad1.tar.gz | |
License: update the LGPL file; clarify licensing
The LGPL is just a pristine copy which differs only in whitespace from the
copy previously checked in. Updating it should reduce the need for manual
intervention to determine the precise license.
| -rw-r--r-- | COPYING.LIB | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | index.html | 6 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/COPYING.LIB b/COPYING.LIB index ae23fcf..4362b49 100644 --- a/COPYING.LIB +++ b/COPYING.LIB @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - Version 2.1, February 1999 + GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + Version 2.1, February 1999 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA + 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence the version number 2.1.] - Preamble + Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ modification follow. Pay close attention to the difference between a former contains code derived from the library, whereas the latter must be combined with the library in order to run. - GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. This License Agreement applies to any software library or other @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ such a program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Library (independent of the use of the Library in a tool for writing it). Whether that is true depends on what the Library does and what the program that uses the Library does. - + 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's complete source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally. - NO WARRANTY + NO WARRANTY 15. BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE LIBRARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ FAILURE OF THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. - END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS + END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries @@ -500,5 +500,3 @@ necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: Ty Coon, President of Vice That's all there is to it! - - @@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ supported by Enchant could also usefully be added to Enchant's APIs.</p> <h2>License</h2> <p>Enchant is licensed under the LGPL license, with an -Exception so that non-free plugin backends -could be loaded and used by Enchant. Thus, it is possible to use -the native spell checkers on proprietary platforms (macOS, MS Office,…).</p> + <a href="https://github.com/AbiWord/enchant/blob/e61d5e73d4e2e410349508c08cfcf17d330503d2/src/enchant.h#L19-L28">exception</a> so that non-free plugin backends +can be loaded and used by Enchant. Thus, it is possible to use +the native spell checkers on proprietary platforms (macOS, MS Office, …).</p> <h2>What's in a Name?</h2> |