From 363281646eab0c438c230bc5ff6627d185c2590c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Wakeling Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:58:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] COPYING rewrite to clarify licensing. * Text is closer to FSF guidelines and explicitly states that Lilypond is released under GPLv2 only. --- COPYING | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index 3ad000743c..da2d00d2ff 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,21 +1,23 @@ -If you want to redistribute LilyPond, you must comply with the GNU -General Public License (reproduced below). This license applies to -LilyPond with the following exceptions: - -- It does not apply to example input files (which are in -the subdirectory input/) that explicitly specify another license. - -- If you create a document which uses fonts included in LilyPond, and -embed this font or unaltered portions of this font into the document, -then this font does not by itself cause the resulting document to be -covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not -however invalidate any other reasons why the document might be covered -by the GNU General Public License. If you modify this font, you may -extend this exception to your version of the font, but you are not -obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception -statement from your version. - - +GNU Lilypond is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as +published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of the license is +contained in this file. + +The following exceptions are granted to this license: + + -- It does not apply to example input files (contained in the + subdirectory input/) that explicitly specify another license. + + -- If you create a document which uses fonts included in Lilypond, + and embed this font or unaltered portions of this font into the + document, then this font does not by itself cause the resulting + document to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This + exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the + document might be covered by the GNU General Public License. + If you modify one or more of the fonts, you may extend this + exception to your version of the fonts but you are not obliged + to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception + statement from your version. GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE -- 2.39.2