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| author | Jörg Mayer <jmayer@loplof.de> | 2007-11-06 22:01:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Jörg Mayer <jmayer@loplof.de> | 2007-11-06 22:01:20 +0000 |
| commit | c59a75bee0f9676cb32ae03fa8babeb58b4741f2 (patch) | |
| tree | 35214d9057ca1815cd95d03fd45c51f8d01d2c9f /COPYING | |
| parent | fb00aa074f95d84b4604ae99ccd87915316f1c84 (diff) | |
Add two sentences clarifying the license statement on pidl:
As a notable exception the pidl utility at tools/pidl is covered by a
"GPL version 3 or later" LICENSE. Note that only the tool itself
is covered by this license, not the source code generated by it. The
pidl authors do not consider that code a derived work of pidl.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=23387
Diffstat (limited to 'COPYING')
| -rw-r--r-- | COPYING | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Most parts of Wireshark are covered by a "GPL version 2 or later" LICENSE. Some files are covered by different licenses that are compatible with the GPLv2. As a notable exception the pidl utility at tools/pidl is covered by a -"GPL version 3 or later" LICENSE. +"GPL version 3 or later" LICENSE. Note that only the tool itself +is covered by this license, not the source code generated by it. The +pidl authors do not consider that code a derived work of pidl. 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 |