source: box/trunk/LICENSE-GPL.txt @ 2600

Revision 2600, 2.0 KB checked in by chris, 2 years ago (diff)

Create a new license that allows Box Backup to be linked with OpenSSL
and Microsoft VSS SDK.

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1Box Backup, http://www.boxbackup.org/
2
3Copyright (c) 2003-2010, Ben Summers and contributors.
4All rights reserved.
5
6Note that this project uses mixed licensing. Any file with this license
7attached, or where the code LICENSE-GPL appears on the first line, falls
8under the "Box Backup GPL" license. See the file COPYING.txt for more
9information about this license.
10
11---------------------------------------------------------------------
12This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
13modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
14as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
15of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
16
17This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
20GNU General Public License for more details.
21
22You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
23along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
24Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
25
26[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC4]
27
28As a special exception to the GPLv2, the Box Backup Project gives
29permission to link any code falling under this license (the Box Backup
30GPL) with any software that can be downloaded from
31the OpenSSL website [http://www.openssl.org] under either the
32"OpenSSL License" or the "Original SSLeay License", and to distribute
33the linked executables under the terms of the "Box Backup GPL" license.
34
35As a special exception to the GPLv2, the Box Backup Project gives
36permission to link any code falling under this license (the Box Backup
37GPL) with any version of Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service 7.2 SDK
38or Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK), including
39vssapi.lib, that can be downloaded from the Microsoft website
40[*.microsoft.com], and to distribute the linked executables under the
41terms of the "Box Backup GPL" license.
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