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commit c6a09bf72778d48d0d93e92ef58f73e77c913291
Author: Carsten Haitzler (Rasterman) <ras...@rasterman.com>
Date: Wed Oct 30 19:28:16 2013 +0900
compliance/licensing - clarify, fix formatting and point to tldrlegal.com
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COMPLIANCE | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/COMPLIANCE b/COMPLIANCE
index 0b6593a..1d98aee 100644
--- a/COMPLIANCE
+++ b/COMPLIANCE
@@ -29,18 +29,19 @@ F.A.Q.
Q. Where is the licensing information?
A. See the COPYING file here in this directory. This is the proper legal
-information you will need.
+information you will need. It covers all of elementary, EXCEPT the
+theme which is public domain (the text files only - images are not).
Q. Do I need to make the source public of libraries or applications that I
build on top of Elementary?
-A. No. Even the default theme is public domain, whihc means you can
+A. No. Even the default theme is public domain, which means you can
make your own by copying it and starting from there, and you may
license your copied variation any way you like.
Q. Do I need to provide the source for Elementary?
A. Yes. In general you do. If you are shipping any of the binaries or
-libraries that are produced, you must provide the EXACT source code
-used to build those binaries. So stick to doing this and you'll be fine.
+libraries built from Elementary, you must provide the EXACT source code
+used to build those binaries.
Q. If I have to provide source, how should I do this?
A. The best way is to provide a reference in an "about" dialog in the
@@ -65,3 +66,8 @@ source code, provide them as part of the user interface in
full (e.g.
in a dialog), or as files in the filesystem, on actual printed
material (manuals, papers) that accompany the product or in CD, DVD
etc. media.
+
+Q. Is there a simpler list of do's and don'ts i can use?
+A. Yes. See http://www.tldrlegal.com. specifically:
+
+http://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-lesser-general-public-license-v2.1-(lgpl-2.1)
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