From ec2b72d47916eedc28a87dfbc9b3cdbe0c587077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Wilson Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:33:27 +0000 Subject: Create a new license that allows Box Backup to be linked with OpenSSL and Microsoft VSS SDK. --- LICENSE-GPL.txt | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'LICENSE-GPL.txt') diff --git a/LICENSE-GPL.txt b/LICENSE-GPL.txt index 1740868e..3e84b646 100644 --- a/LICENSE-GPL.txt +++ b/LICENSE-GPL.txt @@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ All rights reserved. Note that this project uses mixed licensing. Any file with this license attached, or where the code LICENSE-GPL appears on the first line, falls -under this license. See the file COPYING.txt for more information. +under the "Box Backup GPL" license. See the file COPYING.txt for more +information about this license. +--------------------------------------------------------------------- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 @@ -23,5 +25,17 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC4] -You may find a full copy of the GPLv2 license at: -[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt] +As a special exception to the GPLv2, the Box Backup Project gives +permission to link any code falling under this license (the Box Backup +GPL) with any software that can be downloaded from +the OpenSSL website [http://www.openssl.org] under either the +"OpenSSL License" or the "Original SSLeay License", and to distribute +the linked executables under the terms of the "Box Backup GPL" license. + +As a special exception to the GPLv2, the Box Backup Project gives +permission to link any code falling under this license (the Box Backup +GPL) with any version of Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service 7.2 SDK +or Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK), including +vssapi.lib, that can be downloaded from the Microsoft website +[*.microsoft.com], and to distribute the linked executables under the +terms of the "Box Backup GPL" license. -- cgit v1.2.3