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-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?