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diff --git a/COPYHEADER b/COPYHEADER new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d77dbe4 --- /dev/null +++ b/COPYHEADER @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +Copyright 1997-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey + +This copyright notice must be included in all copies or substantial +portions of Lynx. It outlines rights and restrictions for Lynx which +override the guidelines given in the COPYING file. + +Most of the content of the Lynx release (and corresponding copyright) is +the work of developers on the lynx-dev mailing list, who have agreed to +distribute their work under the terms and conditions of the GNU General +Public License (Version 2). Note that the License text after the terms +and conditions is advisory in nature, and contains neither terms nor +conditions. You may choose to follow that advice. + +The copyright owners and developers for Lynx grant their express +permission for using any version of these common libraries (which are +known to have problematic licensing issues) with any operating system or +platform, regardless of the manner in which the libraries are +connected to the Lynx program: + + GNUTLS + + libbsd http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/releases/ + + libidn + + OpenSSL http://www.openssl.org + +Additionally, the developers understand that these additional libraries +have no licensing issues. Permission is in any case granted to use Lynx +without restriction for these as well: + + libbz2 http://www.bzip.org/ + + libiconv + + libutf8 http://www.haible.de/bruno/packages-libutf8.html + + nss_compat_ossl http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Nss_compat_ossl + + zlib http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ + +The list given is by no means exhaustive and may not be interpreted to +limit the set of libraries with which Lynx can be used. + +The granted right to "use" (besides the obvious ability to run the +program as a user) covers all development activities such as of building, +modifying, distributing modified versions. + +Any licensing questions should be directed to the mailing list: + + lynx-dev@nongnu.org + +or to the developer/maintainer (Thomas E. Dickey): + + dickey@invisible-island.net + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +For reference, below is the original copyright notice for Lynx (2.4.2). +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +/* Copyright (C) 1995 University of Kansas. + + This file is part of Lynx, a text-based WWW browser. + + Lynx is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as + published by the Free Software Foundation. + + Lynx is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT + ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY + or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public + License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with Lynx; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free + Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA + 02111-1307, USA. + + Any licensing or usage questions should be directed to Michael + Grobe <grobe@ukans.edu>. +*/ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +-- vile:txtmode fc=72 noti +-- $LynxId: COPYHEADER,v 1.21 2023/01/02 23:56:18 tom Exp $ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |