I'm still not seeing direct links to the great many copyright licenses that I
had no idea existed until a few days ago. It is not reasonable to expect users
of IUP to comb through each and every source file to search for any licensing
that was not mentioned at the outset in the documentation. At a minimum, I
would expect to see third party licensees given credit where credit is due
under Products➜Credits in the online WebBook, but there is none, as if they
didn't exist. 


>From what I've seen from Tysen Moore, IUP is not a standalone product but a
software framework that, depending on how you use it, requires more than one
Copyright/License to use, instead of just the one listed in the WebBook. It
makes the IUP Copyright/License look misleading because it isn't the whole
entire license for the entire framework, it is just part of one of many
licenses but they don't say which parts that license applies to.


Are you sure that what IUP is doing is legal?


Regards,
Andres


On 2020-06-01 at 9:48 AM, Antonio Scuri <antonio.sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
  Just added a few more references for the license of the third party
libraries. It is on SVN for now. 


  But no, they are documented only at their respective IUP library page.


  BTW if you red the COPYRIGHT files, then you actually red their licenses
too. Unfortunately legality text is confusing.



Best,
Scuri




Em seg., 1 de jun. de 2020 às 12:44, Moore, Tysen <tysen_mo...@mentor.com>
escreveu:

That was my difficulty as well.  I can't seem to find the third party licenses
in the documentation (https://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/).  I have also
checked the various "COPYRIGHT" and "README" files and can't find anything
either.   It would be useful to have the "Overview" documentation that reads,
"IUP is free software, can be used for public and commercial applications."
also mention to go to the "Copyright/License" section for the some exceptions.
 Then within the "Copyright/License" section of the documentation it could
list the third party licenses.
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