source: vbox/trunk/COPYING@ 96038

COPYING file for VirtualBox versions 7.0 and later versions that include this 
file

Preliminary notes:

1) The majority of the code in the VirtualBox base package is licensed under 
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To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach 
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of warranty; and each file should have at least the "copyright" line and a 
pointer to where the full notice is found.

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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like 
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w'.
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The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate 
parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands might 
be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".

You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school, if 
any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary. For more 
information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see 
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program 
into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may 
consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the 
library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General Public 
License instead of this License. But first, please read 
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.

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COPYING file last revised:  July 22, 2022