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1 | Preamble |
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| fc2171bd | 4 | The licensing of the wxWidgets library is intended to protect the wxWidgets |
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5 | library, its developers, and its users, so that the considerable investment |
| 6 | it represents is not abused. | |
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| 526954c5 | 8 | Under the terms of the wxWindows licence, you as a user are not |
| fc2171bd | 9 | obliged to distribute wxWidgets source code with your products, if you |
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10 | distribute these products in binary form. However, you are prevented from |
| 11 | restricting use of the library in source code form, or denying others the | |
| fc2171bd | 12 | rights to use or distribute wxWidgets library source code in the way |
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13 | intended. |
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| 526954c5 | 15 | The wxWindows licence establishes the copyright for the code and related |
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16 | material, and it gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or |
| 17 | modify the library. It also asserts that no warranty is given by the authors | |
| 18 | for this or derived code. | |
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| fc2171bd | 20 | The core distribution of the wxWidgets library contains files |
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21 | under two different licences: |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | - Most files are distributed under the GNU Library General Public | |
| 24 | Licence, version 2, with the special exception that you may create and | |
| 25 | distribute object code versions built from the source code or modified | |
| 26 | versions of it (even if these modified versions include code under a | |
| 27 | different licence), and distribute such binaries under your own | |
| 28 | terms. | |
| 29 | ||
| fc2171bd | 30 | - Most core wxWidgets manuals are made available under the "wxWidgets |
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31 | Free Documentation Licence", which allows you to distribute modified |
| 32 | versions of the manuals, such as versions documenting any modifications | |
| 33 | made by you in your version of the library. However, you may not restrict | |
| 34 | any third party from reincorporating your changes into the original | |
| 35 | manuals. | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | Other relevant files: | |
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| fc2171bd | 39 | - licence.txt: a statement that the wxWidgets library is |
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40 | covered by the GNU Library General Public Licence, with an |
| 41 | exception notice for binary distribution. | |
| 42 | ||
| fc2171bd | 43 | - licendoc.txt: the wxWidgets Documentation Licence. |
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44 | |
| 45 | - lgpl.txt: the text of the GNU Library General Public Licence. | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | - gpl.txt: the text of the GNU General Public Licence, which is | |
| 48 | referenced by the LGPL. | |
| 49 |