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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2007-05-16 18:46:29 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2007-05-16 18:46:29 +0000
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+Wireshark is distributed under the GNU GPL. There are no restrictions
+on its use. There are significant restrictions on its distribution.
- Just to avoid some misunderstandings:
-
-While parts of Wireshark can be built and distributed as libraries,
-these parts are still covered by the license below, and NOT by the
-Lesser General Public License or any other license.
+Parts of Wireshark can be built and distributed as libraries. These
+parts are still covered by the GPL, and NOT by the Lesser General Public
+License or any other license.
+If you create a combined work using all or part of Wireshark, then your
+combined work must be released under a license compatible with the GPL.
+
+...and don't get us started on trademarks.
+
+The full text of the GNU GPL follows.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991