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| author | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2009-04-13 11:27:40 +0300 |
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| committer | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2009-04-13 11:27:40 +0300 |
| commit | 02ddf09bc3079b3e17297729b9e43f14d407b8fc (patch) | |
| tree | 4a3b92a91c5eacbd7ea6229dd02ffeae6688b02f /doc | |
| parent | Fix off-by-one in LZ decoder. (diff) | |
| download | xz-02ddf09bc3079b3e17297729b9e43f14d407b8fc.tar.xz | |
Put the interesting parts of XZ Utils into the public domain.
Some minor documentation cleanups were made at the same time.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/faq.txt | 38 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/doc/faq.txt b/doc/faq.txt index e00db660..4c80784d 100644 --- a/doc/faq.txt +++ b/doc/faq.txt @@ -1,13 +1,6 @@ -LZMA Utils FAQ --------------- - - Copyright (C) 2007 Lasse Collin - - Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, - are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright - notice and this notice are preserved. - +XZ Utils FAQ +============ Q: What are LZMA, LZMA Utils, lzma, .lzma, liblzma, LZMA SDK, LZMA_Alone, 7-Zip and p7zip? @@ -198,32 +191,7 @@ A: BCJ filter is called "x86" in liblzma. BCJ2 is not included, Q: Can I use LZMA in proprietary, non-free applications? -A: liblzma is under the GNU LGPL version 2.1 or (at your opinion) any - later version. To summarise (*NOTE* This summary is not legally - binding, that is, it doesn't give you any extra permissions compared - to the LGPL. Read the GNU LGPL carefully for the exact license - conditions.): - * All the changes made into the library itself must be published - under the same license. - * End users must be able to replace the used liblzma. Easiest way - to assure this is to link dynamically against liblzma so users - can replace the shared library file if they want. - * You must make it clear to your users, that your application uses - liblzma, and that liblzma is free software under the GNU LGPL. - A copy of GNU LGPL must be included. - - LZMA SDK contains a special exception which allows linking *unmodified* - code statically with a non-free application. This exception does *not* - apply to liblzma. - - As an alternative, you can support the development of LZMA and 7-Zip - by buying a proprietary license from Igor Pavlov. See homepage of - LZMA SDK <http://7-zip.org/sdk.html> for more information. Note that - having a proprietary license from Igor Pavlov doesn't allow you to use - liblzma in a way that contradicts with the GNU LGPL, because liblzma - contains code that is not copyrighted by Igor Pavlov. Please contact - both Lasse Collin and Igor Pavlov if the license conditions of liblzma - are not suitable for you. +A: Yes. See the file COPYING for details. Q: I would like to help. What can I do? |