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Compliance
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This is not a legal notice, so do not treat it as one. This is
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intended as "plain English" advice for the average person to ensure
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they comply with licenses in this software in the most simple way. It takes
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the position of "comply with the MOST restrictive license in this
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software and then you will comply with all." If you have any doubts,
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please consult the full license COPYING files and a lawyer. Take this
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as a rough guide.
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The simple advice
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Do this and you won't go too wrong.
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1. Provide the content of ALL of the COPYING and AUTHORS
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files as printed material with your product and/or in a dialog (e.g.
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an "about" dialog) in your product user interface.
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2. Provide a URL from which to be able to download "tar files" with
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ALL of the source of Elementary exactly as it was when used to compile the
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binaries for your product that ships Elementary. Keep this URL valid for the
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lifetime of the product.
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3. If you made changes to Elementary it would be appreciated if you
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interacted with us (see http://www.enlightenment.org ) and provided the
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changes you made in patch form BEFORE you ship a product, so they may
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be reviewed to see if you have made any mistakes and perhaps have
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created problems you do not know of yet.
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F.A.Q.
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Q. Where is the licensing information?
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A. See the COPYING file here in this directory. This is the proper legal
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information you will need. It covers all of elementary, EXCEPT the
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theme which is public domain (the text files only - images are not).
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Q. Do I need to make the source public of libraries or applications that I
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build on top of Elementary?
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A. No. Even the default theme is public domain, which means you can
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make your own by copying it and starting from there, and you may
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license your copied variation any way you like.
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Q. Do I need to provide the source for Elementary?
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A. Yes. In general you do. If you are shipping any of the binaries or
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libraries built from Elementary, you must provide the EXACT source code
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used to build those binaries.
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Q. If I have to provide source, how should I do this?
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A. The best way is to provide a reference in an "about" dialog in the
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product that ships the Elementary libraries/tools that gives a URL from
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which the source can be downloaded EXACTLY as you used to compile Elementary.
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You may not simply point to upstream repositories and pass the problem
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to someone else. You MUST provide the source exactly as used.
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You MAY also provide the source code itself on the product itself
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(e.g. on its filesystem) (provide the tar archives of the source), or in
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place of a download link if you do not believe you will be able to
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maintain that download link for the lifetime of the product.
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You MAY also (or instead of the above 2) provide the source on media
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(CD, DVD, flash etc.) that accompany the product.
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Choose 1 or more of the above methods and you will be fine.
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Q. Do I need to reproduce the license information in the COPYING file?
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A. Yes. You must provide these with your product, and just like the
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source code, provide them as part of the user interface in full (e.g.
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in a dialog), or as files in the filesystem, on actual printed
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material (manuals, papers) that accompany the product or in CD, DVD
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etc. media.
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Q. Is there a simpler list of do's and don'ts i can use?
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A. Yes. See http://www.tldrlegal.com. specifically:
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http://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-lesser-general-public-license-v2.1-(lgpl-2.1)
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