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FLTK License
- Ammended May 4, 2001
+ August 28, 2009
-The following ammendments to the GNU Library General Public
-License apply for the FLTK library:
+The FLTK library and included programs are provided under the terms
+of the GNU Library General Public License (LGPL) with the following
+exceptions:
1. Modifications to the FLTK configure script, config
header file, and makefiles by themselves to support
a specific platform do not constitute a modified or
- derived work.
+ derivative work.
The authors do request that such modifications be
contributed to the FLTK project - send all
contributions to "[email protected]".
2. Widgets that are subclassed from FLTK widgets do not
- constitute a derived work.
+ constitute a derivative work.
3. Static linking of applications and widgets to the
- FLTK library does not constitute a derived work
+ FLTK library does not constitute a derivative work
and does not require the author to provide source
code for the application or widget, use the shared
FLTK libraries, or link their applications or
- widgets against a user version of FLTK.
+ widgets against a user-supplied version of FLTK.
- If the author links the application or widget to a
- modified version of FLTK, then the changes to FLTK
- must be provided under the terms in sections 1, 2,
- and 4.
+ If you link the application or widget to a modified
+ version of FLTK, then the changes to FLTK must be
+ provided under the terms of the LGPL in sections
+ 1, 2, and 4.
- 4. Authors that develop applications and widgets that
- use FLTK must include the following statement in
- their user documentation:
+ 4. You do not have to provide a copy of the FLTK license
+ with programs that are linked to the FLTK library, nor
+ do you have to identify the FLTK license in your
+ program or documentation as required by section 6
+ of the LGPL.
+ However, programs must still identify their use of FLTK.
+ The following example statement can be included in user
+ documentation to satisfy this requirement:
+
[program/widget] is based in part on the work of
the FLTK project (http://www.fltk.org).
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<h1>Software License</h1>
-<h2 align=center><a name=lfltk2>FLTK Library Licence, Version 2</a></h2>
+<h2 align=center><a name=lfltk2>FLTK Library License, Version 2a</a></h2>
-<p align = center>This license text is © 2004 Bill Spitzak and
+<p align = center>This license text is © 2009 Bill Spitzak and
the FLTK development team.
<br>You are permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of
-this licence document, or to distribute copies with the "EXCEPTION
+this license document, or to distribute copies with the "EXCEPTION
NOTICE" section deleted, but all other changes are not allowed.</p>
<p><b>TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION</b>
<p>This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU Library General Public Licence as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the Licence, or (at
+under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.
<p>This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library
-General Public Licence for more details.
+General Public License for more details.
-<p>You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public Licence
+<p>You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
along with this software, usually in a file named COPYING.LIB. If not,
write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
<h2 align=center><a name=lexception>EXCEPTION NOTICE</a></h2>
-<p>The copyright holders of this library give permission for
- additional uses of the text beyond the permissions granted in the
- GNU Library General Public License:</p>
+<P>The FLTK library and included programs are provided under the terms
+of the GNU Library General Public License (LGPL) with the following
+exceptions:</P>
-<p><b>1.</b> You may distribute under any terms of your choice, any
- works based on the library, provided that the creation of this work
- does not require the modification of any of the source or header
- files of the library. <i>This means you can distribute
- a closed-source program statically linked with FLTK provided you
- don't change FLTK itself.</i>
+<OL>
-<p>Modifications to any of the source or header files of this library
- do not fall under this exception. However you may distribute the
- modified library under the normal terms of this license
- (i.e. including source and with this license), and then distribute a
- work using the modified library under terms of your choice by means
- of this exception.</p>
+ <LI>Modifications to the FLTK configure script, config
+ header file, and makefiles by themselves to support
+ a specific platform do not constitute a modified or
+ derivative work.<BR>
+ <BR>
+ The authors do request that such modifications be
+ contributed to the FLTK project - send all
+ contributions to "[email protected]".<BR>
+ <BR>
+ </LI>
-<p><b>2.</b> Modifications of the configure scripts, makefiles,
- configure output files, or installation tools to support a specific
- platform or compiler do not constitute creating a modified or
- derived work, and do not have to be released (this is a second
- exception unrelated to number 1 above).</p>
+ <LI>Widgets that are subclassed from FLTK widgets do not
+ constitute a derivative work.<BR>
+ <BR>
+ </LI>
-<p><b>3.</b> If you write modifications of your own for this library,
- it is your choice whether to permit these exceptions to apply to your
- modifications. If you do not wish that, you must delete this
- exception notice from the license, and clearly state with your code
- that the exception has been deleted so that nobody can assumme it
- still applies.</p>
+ <LI>Static linking of applications and widgets to the
+ FLTK library does not constitute a derivative work
+ and does not require the author to provide source
+ code for the application or widget, use the shared
+ FLTK libraries, or link their applications or
+ widgets against a user-supplied version of FLTK.<BR>
+ <BR>
+ If you link the application or widget to a modified
+ version of FLTK, then the changes to FLTK must be
+ provided under the terms of the LGPL in sections
+ 1, 2, and 4.<BR>
+ <BR>
+ </LI>
+ <LI>You do not have to provide a copy of the FLTK license
+ with programs that are linked to the FLTK library, nor
+ do you have to identify the FLTK license in your
+ program or documentation as required by section 6
+ of the LGPL.<BR>
+ <BR>
+ However, programs must still identify their use of FLTK.
+ The following example statement can be included in user
+ documentation to satisfy this requirement:<BR>
+ <BR>
+ <I>[program/widget] is based in part on the work of
+ the FLTK project (http://www.fltk.org).</I></LI>
+
+</OL>
+
+<HR>
+
<h2 align=center><a name=lgpl>GNU Library General Public License
(LGPL)</a></h2>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>Version 2, June 1991
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