Changeset 40383 in vbox for trunk/doc/License-gpl-2.txt

Timestamp:

Mar 6, 2012 4:14:40 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

ExtPacks/VNC: New extension pack contributed by Ivo Smits, Howard Su and Christophe Devriese. Thank you very much!
Frontends/VBoxHeadless: delete old VNC support which was far less useful

File:

• trunk/doc/License-gpl-2.txt (copied) (copied from trunk/doc/License-gpl-2.0.txt ) (3 diffs)

trunk/doc/License-gpl-2.txt

@@ -1 @@
-Preliminary notes:
-
-1) The majority of code in the VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE) is
-copyrighted by Oracle Corporation. This code is combined with third-party code
-that was originally released under licenses which the Free Software Foundation
-considers incompatible with the GPL, such as the Apache License 2.0, the OpenSSL
-license, the Mozilla Public License (MPL) and the Slirp license. (Please see the
-VirtualBox User Manual for a complete list of third-party code and their
-licenses.) As a special exception to the terms and conditions of the GPL listed
-below, Oracle gives you explicit permission to combine its GPL code contained in
-VirtualBox OSE with third-party code under the aforementioned licenses. You may
-copy and distribute such a combination provided that you adhere to the terms and
-conditions of all of the GPL and the licenses of the third-party code; in
-particular, you must include the source code of the entire combination insofar
-as the GPL requires distribution of source code.
-
-2) The GPL listed below does not bind software which uses VirtualBox services by
-merely linking to VirtualBox libraries so long as all VirtualBox interfaces used
-by that software are multi-licensed. A VirtualBox interface is deemed
-multi-licensed if it is declared in a VirtualBox header file that is licensed
-under both the GPL version 2 (below) *and* the Common Development and
-Distribution License Version 1.0 (CDDL), as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file.
-In other words, calling such a multi-licensed interface is merely considered
-normal use of VirtualBox and does not turn the calling code into a derived work
-of VirtualBox. In particular, this applies to code that wants to extend
-VirtualBox by way of the Extension Pack mechanism declared in the ExtPack.h
-header file.
-
-3) Whoever creates or distributes a derived work based on VirtualBox OSE is not
-obligated to grant the above exceptions for such a version. The GPL allows for
-releasing a modified version without the above exception; in addition, Oracle
-hereby also allows you to release a modified version which carries forward these
-exceptions.
-
-Oracle Corporation
-
----
-
-
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 2, June 1991
 
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+ Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 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.
@@ -55 +16 @@
 Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
 using it.  (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
-the GNU Library General Public License instead.)  You can apply it to
+the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.)  You can apply it to
 your programs, too.
 
@@ -343 +304 @@
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
-
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 
 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.