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| author | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2021-01-22 09:01:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2021-01-22 09:07:51 +0100 |
| commit | 0606350c2a08eec120e4557a07f252e1c72963ce (patch) | |
| tree | ad91a0e003396ada9366937a3af46c4e08bc6d4c /docs | |
| parent | b594cd90bd053061ea8437bd9f219ee1ced956da (diff) | |
| download | freetype2-0606350c2a08eec120e4557a07f252e1c72963ce.tar.gz | |
LICENSE.TXT: Moved to root directory; minor edits.
Fixes issue #1015.
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diff --git a/docs/LICENSE.TXT b/docs/LICENSE.TXT deleted file mode 100644 index af5a1c50f..000000000 --- a/docs/LICENSE.TXT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ - -The FreeType 2 font engine is copyrighted work and cannot be used -legally without a software license. In order to make this project -usable to a vast majority of developers, we distribute it under two -mutually exclusive open-source licenses. - -This means that *you* must choose *one* of the two licenses described -below, then obey all its terms and conditions when using FreeType 2 in -any of your projects or products. - - - The FreeType License, found in the file `FTL.TXT', which is similar - to the original BSD license *with* an advertising clause that forces - you to explicitly cite the FreeType project in your product's - documentation. All details are in the license file. This license - is suited to products which don't use the GNU General Public - License. - - Note that this license is compatible to the GNU General Public - License version 3, but not version 2. - - - The GNU General Public License version 2, found in `GPLv2.TXT' (any - later version can be used also), for programs which already use the - GPL. Note that the FTL is incompatible with GPLv2 due to its - advertisement clause. - -The contributed BDF and PCF drivers come with a license similar to that -of the X Window System. It is compatible to the above two licenses (see -file src/bdf/README and src/pcf/README). The same holds for the files -`fthash.c' and `fthash.h'; their code was part of the BDF driver in -earlier FreeType versions. - -The gzip module uses the zlib license (see src/gzip/zlib.h) which too is -compatible to the above two licenses. - -The MD5 checksum support (only used for debugging in development builds) -is in the public domain. - - ---- end of LICENSE.TXT --- |