From c84f61809335e0408f54cb2f11087785e4a1818c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Oberhollenzer Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 13:49:55 +0100 Subject: Update README, clarify licensing situation Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer --- licenses/xz.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 licenses/xz.txt (limited to 'licenses/xz.txt') diff --git a/licenses/xz.txt b/licenses/xz.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..99c125d --- /dev/null +++ b/licenses/xz.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +liblzma is in the public domain. + +You can do whatever you want with the files that have been put into +the public domain. If you find public domain legally problematic, +take the previous sentence as a license grant. If you still find +the lack of copyright legally problematic, you have too many +lawyers. + +As usual, this software is provided "as is", without any warranty. + +If you copy significant amounts of public domain code from XZ Utils +into your project, acknowledging this somewhere in your software is +polite (especially if it is proprietary, non-free software), but +naturally it is not legally required. Here is an example of a good +notice to put into "about box" or into documentation: + + This software includes code from XZ Utils . -- cgit v1.2.3