1 | Preamble
|
---|
2 | ========
|
---|
3 |
|
---|
4 | The licensing of the wxWidgets library is intended to protect the wxWidgets
|
---|
5 | library, its developers, and its users, so that the considerable investment
|
---|
6 | it represents is not abused.
|
---|
7 |
|
---|
8 | Under the terms of the wxWidgets Licence, you as a user are not
|
---|
9 | obliged to distribute wxWidgets source code with your products, if you
|
---|
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
|
---|
12 | rights to use or distribute wxWidgets library source code in the way
|
---|
13 | intended.
|
---|
14 |
|
---|
15 | The wxWidgets Licence establishes the copyright for the code and related
|
---|
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.
|
---|
19 |
|
---|
20 | The core distribution of the wxWidgets library contains files
|
---|
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 |
|
---|
30 | - Most core wxWidgets manuals are made available under the "wxWidgets
|
---|
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:
|
---|
38 |
|
---|
39 | - licence.txt: a statement that the wxWidgets library is
|
---|
40 | covered by the GNU Library General Public Licence, with an
|
---|
41 | exception notice for binary distribution.
|
---|
42 |
|
---|
43 | - licendoc.txt: the wxWidgets Documentation Licence.
|
---|
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 |
|
---|