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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. |
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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, whihc means you can |
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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 that are produced, you must provide the EXACT source code |
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used to build those binaries. So stick to doing this and you'll be fine. |
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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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@ -65,3 +66,8 @@ 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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