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Adjusted the license usage information. We don't support LGPL anymore.

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dimitr 2007-04-09 10:36:15 +00:00
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doc/license/LGPL_w_exception.txt
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/*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
* http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
*
* As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
* with other source code as long as that source code has been
* released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.
* More information about OSI certification can be found at:
* http://www.opensource.org
*
* This module 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 Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
*
* This module was created by members of the Firebird Open Source
* RDBMS project. All individual contributions remain the
* Copyright (C) of those individuals and all rights are reserved.
* Contributors to this file are either listed below or can be
* obtained from a CVS history command.
*
* Created by: [Author's Name] [Email]
*
* Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
*/

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@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ of the Firebird RDBMS project are:
2) Initial Developer's Public License (IDPL), version 1.0
http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_idpl
3) GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or higher
http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
NOTE: MUST BE USED WITH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION CLAUSE
(see /doc/license/LGPL_w_exception.txt for details)
The IPL is copyright of Borland Corp., the other licenses are copyright
by the source code authors and contributors.
@ -31,15 +26,13 @@ USAGE RULES
the IPL, then this file should be released under the IPL too.
3) The new files developed by the members of the Firebird project should
be released under either the IDPL or the LGPL with exception clause.
It's up to an author (initial developer) to decide which license should
be used for his/her code.
be released under the IDPL.
4) The new files contributed by people who are not members of the Firebird
project should follow the rule #3. If an author (initial developer) doesn't
care about the license to be used, the person who applies the contributed code
to the CVS tree (a committer) becomes responsible for the license for the
contributed code.
specify the license to be used, the person who applies the contributed code
to the CVS tree (a committer) becomes responsible for the license assigned
to the contributed code.
5) Every non-binary file that exists in the CVS tree, should have a header
section which describes the license this code is released under. If a file