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r40364 r40383 10 10 <!-- comments: StarWriter --> 11 11 </head> 12 <body>Preliminary notes:<br> 13 <br> 14 1) The majority of code in the VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE) is<br> 15 copyrighted by Oracle Corporation. This code is combined with third-party code<br> 16 that was originally released under licenses which the Free Software Foundation<br> 17 considers incompatible with the GPL, such as the Apache License 2.0, the OpenSSL<br> 18 license, the Mozilla Public License (MPL) and the Slirp license. (Please see the<br> 19 VirtualBox User Manual for a complete list of third-party code and their<br> 20 licenses.) As a special exception to the terms and conditions of the GPL listed<br> 21 below, Oracle gives you explicit permission to combine its GPL code contained in<br> 22 VirtualBox OSE with third-party code under the aforementioned licenses. You may<br> 23 copy and distribute such a combination provided that you adhere to the terms and<br> 24 conditions of all of the GPL and the licenses of the third-party code; in<br> 25 particular, you must include the source code of the entire combination insofar<br> 26 as the GPL requires distribution of source code.<br> 27 <br> 28 2) The GPL listed below does not bind software which uses VirtualBox services by<br> 29 merely linking to VirtualBox libraries so long as all VirtualBox interfaces used<br> 30 by that software are multi-licensed. A VirtualBox interface is deemed<br> 31 multi-licensed if it is declared in a VirtualBox header file that is licensed<br> 32 under both the GPL version 2 (below) *and* the Common Development and<br> 33 Distribution License Version 1.0 (CDDL), as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file.<br> 34 In other words, calling such a multi-licensed interface is merely considered<br> 35 normal use of VirtualBox and does not turn the calling code into a derived work<br> 36 of VirtualBox. In particular, this applies to code that wants to extend<br> 37 VirtualBox by way of the Extension Pack mechanism declared in the ExtPack.h<br> 38 header file.<br> 39 <br> 40 3) Whoever creates or distributes a derived work based on VirtualBox OSE is not<br> 41 obligated to grant the above exceptions for such a version. The GPL allows for<br> 42 releasing a modified version without the above exception; in addition, Oracle<br> 43 hereby also allows you to release a modified version which carries forward these<br> 44 exceptions.<br> 45 <br> 46 Oracle Corporation<br> 47 <br> 48 -------------------------------------------------------<br> 49 <br> 12 <body> 50 13 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE<br> 51 14 Version 2, June 1991<br> -
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r40364 r40383 1 Preliminary notes:2 3 1) The majority of code in the VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE) is4 copyrighted by Oracle Corporation. This code is combined with third-party code5 that was originally released under licenses which the Free Software Foundation6 considers incompatible with the GPL, such as the Apache License 2.0, the OpenSSL7 license, the Mozilla Public License (MPL) and the Slirp license. (Please see the8 VirtualBox User Manual for a complete list of third-party code and their9 licenses.) As a special exception to the terms and conditions of the GPL listed10 below, Oracle gives you explicit permission to combine its GPL code contained in11 VirtualBox OSE with third-party code under the aforementioned licenses. You may12 copy and distribute such a combination provided that you adhere to the terms and13 conditions of all of the GPL and the licenses of the third-party code; in14 particular, you must include the source code of the entire combination insofar15 as the GPL requires distribution of source code.16 17 2) The GPL listed below does not bind software which uses VirtualBox services by18 merely linking to VirtualBox libraries so long as all VirtualBox interfaces used19 by that software are multi-licensed. A VirtualBox interface is deemed20 multi-licensed if it is declared in a VirtualBox header file that is licensed21 under both the GPL version 2 (below) *and* the Common Development and22 Distribution License Version 1.0 (CDDL), as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file.23 In other words, calling such a multi-licensed interface is merely considered24 normal use of VirtualBox and does not turn the calling code into a derived work25 of VirtualBox. In particular, this applies to code that wants to extend26 VirtualBox by way of the Extension Pack mechanism declared in the ExtPack.h27 header file.28 29 3) Whoever creates or distributes a derived work based on VirtualBox OSE is not30 obligated to grant the above exceptions for such a version. The GPL allows for31 releasing a modified version without the above exception; in addition, Oracle32 hereby also allows you to release a modified version which carries forward these33 exceptions.34 35 Oracle Corporation36 37 ---38 39 40 1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 41 2 Version 2, June 1991 42 3 43 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 44 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,USA4 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 5 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA 45 6 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies 46 7 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. … … 55 16 Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to 56 17 using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by 57 the GNU L ibraryGeneral Public License instead.) You can apply it to18 the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can apply it to 58 19 your programs, too. 59 20 … … 343 304 GNU General Public License for more details. 344 305 345 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 346 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 347 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA 348 306 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along 307 with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 308 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 349 309 350 310 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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