summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/meta/files/common-licenses/LGPL-2
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'meta/files/common-licenses/LGPL-2')
-rw-r--r--meta/files/common-licenses/LGPL-2461
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 461 deletions
diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/LGPL-2 b/meta/files/common-licenses/LGPL-2
deleted file mode 100644
index af24d4f4b4..0000000000
--- a/meta/files/common-licenses/LGPL-2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,461 +0,0 @@
1
2GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
3
4Version 2.1, February 1999
5
6Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
751 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
8Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
9of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
10
11[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts
12as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence
13the version number 2.1.]
14Preamble
15
16The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share
17and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public Licenses are intended to
18guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the
19software is free for all its users.
20
21This license, the Lesser General Public License, applies to some specially
22designated software packages--typically libraries--of the Free Software
23Foundation and other authors who decide to use it. You can use it too, but we
24suggest you first think carefully about whether this license or the ordinary
25General Public License is the better strategy to use in any particular case,
26based on the explanations below.
27
28When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use, not price.
29Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom
30to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you
31wish); that you receive source code or can get it if you want it; that you can
32change the software and use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you are
33informed that you can do these things.
34
35To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid distributors
36to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender these rights. These
37restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute
38copies of the library or if you modify it.
39
40For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis or for a
41fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave you. You must
42make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. If you link other
43code with the library, you must provide complete object files to the
44recipients, so that they can relink them with the library after making changes
45to the library and recompiling it. And you must show them these terms so they
46know their rights.
47
48We protect your rights with a two-step method: (1) we copyright the library,
49and (2) we offer you this license, which gives you legal permission to copy,
50distribute and/or modify the library.
51
52To protect each distributor, we want to make it very clear that there is no
53warranty for the free library. Also, if the library is modified by someone else
54and passed on, the recipients should know that what they have is not the
55original version, so that the original author's reputation will not be affected
56by problems that might be introduced by others.
57
58Finally, software patents pose a constant threat to the existence of any free
59program. We wish to make sure that a company cannot effectively restrict the
60users of a free program by obtaining a restrictive license from a patent
61holder. Therefore, we insist that any patent license obtained for a version of
62the library must be consistent with the full freedom of use specified in this
63license.
64
65Most GNU software, including some libraries, is covered by the ordinary GNU
66General Public License. This license, the GNU Lesser General Public License,
67applies to certain designated libraries, and is quite different from the
68ordinary General Public License. We use this license for certain libraries in
69order to permit linking those libraries into non-free programs.
70
71When a program is linked with a library, whether statically or using a shared
72library, the combination of the two is legally speaking a combined work, a
73derivative of the original library. The ordinary General Public License
74therefore permits such linking only if the entire combination fits its criteria
75of freedom. The Lesser General Public License permits more lax criteria for
76linking other code with the library.
77
78We call this license the "Lesser" General Public License because it
79does Less to protect the user's freedom than the ordinary General Public
80License. It also provides other free software developers Less of an advantage
81over competing non-free programs. These disadvantages are the reason we use the
82ordinary General Public License for many libraries. However, the Lesser license
83provides advantages in certain special circumstances.
84
85For example, on rare occasions, there may be a special need to encourage the
86widest possible use of a certain library, so that it becomes a de-facto
87standard. To achieve this, non-free programs must be allowed to use the
88library. A more frequent case is that a free library does the same job as
89widely used non-free libraries. In this case, there is little to gain by
90limiting the free library to free software only, so we use the Lesser General
91Public License.
92
93In other cases, permission to use a particular library in non-free programs
94enables a greater number of people to use a large body of free software. For
95example, permission to use the GNU C Library in non-free programs enables many
96more people to use the whole GNU operating system, as well as its variant, the
97GNU/Linux operating system.
98
99Although the Lesser General Public License is Less protective of the users'
100freedom, it does ensure that the user of a program that is linked with the
101Library has the freedom and the wherewithal to run that program using a
102modified version of the Library.
103
104The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification
105follow. Pay close attention to the difference between a "work based on the
106library" and a "work that uses the library". The former contains
107code derived from the library, whereas the latter must be combined with the
108library in order to run.
109
110TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
111
1120. This License Agreement applies to any software library or other program
113which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder or other authorized
114party saying it may be distributed under the terms of this Lesser General
115Public License (also called "this License"). Each licensee is
116addressed as "you".
117
118A "library" means a collection of software functions and/or data
119prepared so as to be conveniently linked with application programs (which use
120some of those functions and data) to form executables.
121
122The "Library", below, refers to any such software library or work
123which has been distributed under these terms. A "work based on the
124Library" means either the Library or any derivative work under copyright
125law: that is to say, a work containing the Library or a portion of it, either
126verbatim or with modifications and/or translated straightforwardly into another
127language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the term
128"modification".)
129
130"Source code" for a work means the preferred form of the work for
131making modifications to it. For a library, complete source code means all the
132source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface
133definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation
134of the library.
135
136Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by
137this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running a program using
138the Library is not restricted, and output from such a program is covered only
139if its contents constitute a work based on the Library (independent of the use
140of the Library in a tool for writing it). Whether that is true depends on what
141the Library does and what the program that uses the Library does.
142
1431. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's complete source
144code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and
145appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and
146disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License
147and to the absence of any warranty; and distribute a copy of this License along
148with the Library.
149
150You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may
151at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
152
1532. You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or any portion of it, thus
154forming a work based on the Library, and copy and distribute such modifications
155or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of
156these conditions:
157
158a) The modified work must itself be a software library.
159b) You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that
160you changed the files and the date of any change.
161c) You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no charge to all
162third parties under the terms of this License.
163d) If a facility in the modified Library refers to a function or a table of
164data to be supplied by an application program that uses the facility, other
165than as an argument passed when the facility is invoked, then you must make a
166good faith effort to ensure that, in the event an application does not supply
167such function or table, the facility still operates, and performs whatever part
168of its purpose remains meaningful.
169(For example, a function in a library to compute square roots has a purpose
170that is entirely well-defined independent of the application. Therefore,
171Subsection 2d requires that any application-supplied function or table used by
172this function must be optional: if the application does not supply it, the
173square root function must still compute square roots.)
174
175These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable
176sections of that work are not derived from the Library, and can be reasonably
177considered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and
178its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate
179works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a
180work based on the Library, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms
181of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire
182whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it.
183
184Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your
185rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise the
186right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on
187the Library.
188
189In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Library with the
190Library (or with a work based on the Library) on a volume of a storage or
191distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this
192License.
193
1943. You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License
195instead of this License to a given copy of the Library. To do this, you must
196alter all the notices that refer to this License, so that they refer to the
197ordinary GNU General Public License, version 2, instead of to this License. (If
198a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has
199appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.) Do not make
200any other change in these notices.
201
202Once this change is made in a given copy, it is irreversible for that copy, so
203the ordinary GNU General Public License applies to all subsequent copies and
204derivative works made from that copy.
205
206This option is useful when you wish to copy part of the code of the Library
207into a program that is not a library.
208
2094. You may copy and distribute the Library (or a portion or derivative of it,
210under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections
2111 and 2 above provided that you accompany it with the complete corresponding
212machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of
213Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange.
214
215If distribution of object code is made by offering access to copy from a
216designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from
217the same place satisfies the requirement to distribute the source code, even
218though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object
219code.
220
2215. A program that contains no derivative of any portion of the Library, but is
222designed to work with the Library by being compiled or linked with it, is
223called a "work that uses the Library". Such a work, in isolation, is
224not a derivative work of the Library, and therefore falls outside the scope of
225this License.
226
227However, linking a "work that uses the Library" with the Library
228creates an executable that is a derivative of the Library (because it contains
229portions of the Library), rather than a "work that uses the library".
230The executable is therefore covered by this License. Section 6 states terms for
231distribution of such executables.
232
233When a "work that uses the Library" uses material from a header file
234that is part of the Library, the object code for the work may be a derivative
235work of the Library even though the source code is not. Whether this is true is
236especially significant if the work can be linked without the Library, or if the
237work is itself a library. The threshold for this to be true is not precisely
238defined by law.
239
240If such an object file uses only numerical parameters, data structure layouts
241and accessors, and small macros and small inline functions (ten lines or less
242in length), then the use of the object file is unrestricted, regardless of
243whether it is legally a derivative work. (Executables containing this object
244code plus portions of the Library will still fall under Section 6.)
245
246Otherwise, if the work is a derivative of the Library, you may distribute the
247object code for the work under the terms of Section 6. Any executables
248containing that work also fall under Section 6, whether or not they are linked
249directly with the Library itself.
250
2516. As an exception to the Sections above, you may also combine or link a
252"work that uses the Library" with the Library to produce a work
253containing portions of the Library, and distribute that work under terms of
254your choice, provided that the terms permit modification of the work for the
255customer's own use and reverse engineering for debugging such modifications.
256
257You must give prominent notice with each copy of the work that the Library is
258used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by this License. You
259must supply a copy of this License. If the work during execution displays
260copyright notices, you must include the copyright notice for the Library among
261them, as well as a reference directing the user to the copy of this License.
262Also, you must do one of these things:
263
264a) Accompany the work with the complete corresponding machine-readable source
265code for the Library including whatever changes were used in the work (which
266must be distributed under Sections 1 and 2 above); and, if the work is an
267executable linked with the Library, with the complete machine-readable
268"work that uses the Library", as object code and/or source code, so
269that the user can modify the Library and then relink to produce a modified
270executable containing the modified Library. (It is understood that the user who
271changes the contents of definitions files in the Library will not necessarily
272be able to recompile the application to use the modified definitions.)
273b) Use a suitable shared library mechanism for linking with the Library. A
274suitable mechanism is one that (1) uses at run time a copy of the library
275already present on the user's computer system, rather than copying library
276functions into the executable, and (2) will operate properly with a modified
277version of the library, if the user installs one, as long as the modified
278version is interface-compatible with the version that the work was made with.
279c) Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to
280give the same user the materials specified in Subsection 6a, above, for a
281charge no more than the cost of performing this distribution.
282d) If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy from a
283designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above specified materials
284from the same place.
285e) Verify that the user has already received a copy of these materials or that
286you have already sent this user a copy.
287For an executable, the required form of the "work that uses the
288Library" must include any data and utility programs needed for reproducing
289the executable from it. However, as a special exception, the materials to be
290distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either
291source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on)
292of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
293itself accompanies the executable.
294
295It may happen that this requirement contradicts the license restrictions of
296other proprietary libraries that do not normally accompany the operating
297system. Such a contradiction means you cannot use both them and the Library
298together in an executable that you distribute.
299
3007. You may place library facilities that are a work based on the Library side-
301by-side in a single library together with other library facilities not covered
302by this License, and distribute such a combined library, provided that the
303separate distribution of the work based on the Library and of the other library
304facilities is otherwise permitted, and provided that you do these two things:
305
306a) Accompany the combined library with a copy of the same work based on the
307Library, uncombined with any other library facilities. This must be distributed
308under the terms of the Sections above.
309b) Give prominent notice with the combined library of the fact that part of it
310is a work based on the Library, and explaining where to find the accompanying
311uncombined form of the same work.
3128. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library
313except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy,
314modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library is void, and will
315automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who
316have received copies, or rights, from you under this License will not have
317their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
318
3199. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it.
320However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Library
321or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not
322accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Library (or
323any work based on the Library), you indicate your acceptance of this License to
324do so, and all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
325the Library or works based on it.
326
32710. Each time you redistribute the Library (or any work based on the Library),
328the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to
329copy, distribute, link with or modify the Library subject to these terms and
330conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients'
331exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing
332compliance by third parties with this License.
333
33411. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
335infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions
336are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or otherwise) that
337contradict the conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from the
338conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy
339simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent
340obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute the Library at all.
341For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution
342of the Library by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through
343you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to
344refrain entirely from distribution of the Library.
345
346If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any
347particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to apply, and
348the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances.
349
350It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or
351other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims; this
352section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software
353distribution system which is implemented by public license practices. Many
354people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software
355distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that
356system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to
357distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that
358choice.
359
360This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a
361consequence of the rest of this License.
362
36312. If the distribution and/or use of the Library is restricted in certain
364countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original
365copyright holder who places the Library under this License may add an explicit
366geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, so that
367distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded. In such
368case, this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the body of
369this License.
370
37113. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the
372Lesser General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be
373similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address
374new problems or concerns.
375
376Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Library specifies
377a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later
378version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either
379of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software
380Foundation. If the Library does not specify a license version number, you may
381choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
382
38314. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Library into other free programs
384whose distribution conditions are incompatible with these, write to the author
385to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free Software
386Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions
387for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free
388status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and
389reuse of software generally.
390
391NO WARRANTY
392
39315. BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR
394THE LIBRARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE
395STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE
396LIBRARY "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
397IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
398MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE
399QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LIBRARY IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE
400DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
401CORRECTION.
402
40316. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
404ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE
405LIBRARY AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
406GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR
407INABILITY TO USE THE LIBRARY (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA
408BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A
409FAILURE OF THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER
410OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
411
412END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
413
414How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries
415
416If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest possible
417use to the public, we recommend making it free software that everyone can
418redistribute and change. You can do so by permitting redistribution under these
419terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of the ordinary General Public
420License).
421
422To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library. It is safest
423to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey the
424exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
425"copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
426
427one line to give the library's name and an idea of what it does.
428Copyright (C) year name of author
429
430This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
431modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
432License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
433version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
434
435This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
436but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
437MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
438Lesser General Public License for more details.
439
440You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
441License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
442Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
443Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
444
445You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your school,
446if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if
447necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
448
449Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in
450the library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written
451by James Random Hacker.
452
453signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1990
454Ty Coon, President of Vice
455That's all there is to it!
456
457
458
459
460
461