From: Carsten Haitzler (Rasterman) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:28:16 +0000 (+0900) Subject: compliance/licensing - clarify, fix formatting and point to tldrlegal.com X-Git-Tag: upstream/1.20.0~7116^2~14^2~3892 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8b3260f16e2eebb8ade56a6549020856c43d0600;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fefl.git compliance/licensing - clarify, fix formatting and point to tldrlegal.com --- diff --git a/legacy/elementary/COMPLIANCE b/legacy/elementary/COMPLIANCE index 0b6593a..1d98aee 100644 --- a/legacy/elementary/COMPLIANCE +++ b/legacy/elementary/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)