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author | Andy Green <andy.green@linaro.org> | 2013-02-07 23:44:21 +0800 |
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committer | Andy Green <andy.green@linaro.org> | 2013-02-07 23:44:21 +0800 |
commit | c11b587aede7e8a0e0d2c06b4714690ee02cd04e (patch) | |
tree | 325db870e001bee7c4c540dd5b36a600e3e58872 /LICENSE | |
parent | 750200121ea28f4a0610c2ea2f5a738315bb3349 (diff) | |
download | libwebsockets-c11b587aede7e8a0e0d2c06b4714690ee02cd04e.tar.gz |
add static linking exception to LICENSE
Signed-off-by: Andy Green <andy.green@linaro.org>
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@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@ +Libwebsockets and included programs are provided under the terms of the GNU +Library General Public License (LGPL) 2.1, with the following exceptions: + +1) Static linking of programs with the libwebsockets library does not +constitute a derivative work and does not require the author to provide +source code for the program, use the shared libwebsockets libraries, or +link their program against a user-supplied version of libwebsockets. + +If you link the program to a modified version of libwebsockets, then the +changes to libwebsockets must be provided under the terms of the LGPL in +sections 1, 2, and 4. + +2) You do not have to provide a copy of the libwebsockets license with +programs that are linked to the libwebsockets library, nor do you have to +identify the libwebsockets license in your program or documentation as +required by section 6 of the LGPL. + +However, programs must still identify their use of libwebsockets. The +following example statement can be included in user documentation to +satisfy this requirement: + +"[program] is based in part on the work of the libwebsockets project +(http://libwebsockets.org)" + GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, February 1999 |