Changeset 4120 in vbox for trunk/COPYING

Timestamp:

Aug 12, 2007 8:08:42 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

23591

Message:

added GPL exception

File:

• trunk/COPYING (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/COPYING

@@ +1 @@
+The majority of code in VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE) is
+copyrighted by innotek GmbH. This code is combined with third-party code
+that was originally released under the Apache License 2.0, the OpenSSL
+license, the Mozilla Public License (MPL) and the Slirp license, all of
+which the Free Software Foundation considers to be incompatible with the
+GPL, as well as the X11, zlib, liblzf and LGPL licenses. As a special
+exception to the terms and conditions of the GPL listed below, innotek
+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.
+
+Note that whoever creates or distributes a derived work based on
+VirtualBox OSE is not obligated to grant this special exception for such
+a version. The GPL allows for releasing a modified version without the
+above exception; innotek also allows you to release a modified version
+which carries forward this exception.
+
+---
+
+
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 2, June 1991