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| + | This is a license similar to a traditional BSD-style license. It allows for full binary and open-source linking and puts three restrictions on distribution: You cannot claim you wrote the software, you cannot remove the license text, and you must mark altered versions as such. | ||
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| − | *[http://www.opensource.org/licenses/zlib-license.php | + | *[http://www.opensource.org/licenses/zlib-license.php OSI Definition] |
| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlib-libpng_license | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlib-libpng_license Wikipedia Article] |
| − | *[http://www.zlib.net/ | + | *[http://www.zlib.net/ zLib Project] |
| − | *[http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html | + | *[http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html libpng Project] |
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Latest revision as of 11:46, 13 January 2006
Overview
This is a license similar to a traditional BSD-style license. It allows for full binary and open-source linking and puts three restrictions on distribution: You cannot claim you wrote the software, you cannot remove the license text, and you must mark altered versions as such.
License Text
Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the
use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including
commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to
the following restrictions:
1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim
that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an
acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
