Attachment 4657 Details for Bug 5934 – COPYING: use the text from the Library GPL 2.0

[patch] COPYING: use the text from the Library GPL 2.0

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>--- ChangeLog	17 Feb 2006 17:25:06 -0000
>+++ ChangeLog	17 Feb 2006 17:34:54 -0000
>@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
> 2006-02-17  Danilo Piazzalunga  <danilopiazza@gmail.com>
> 
>+	* COPYING: Use the text from the Library GPL 2.0, which is the actual
>+	license of cairomm.
>+
>+2006-02-17  Danilo Piazzalunga  <danilopiazza@gmail.com>
>+
> 	* autogen.sh:
> 	* cairomm/cairomm.h:
> 	* cairomm/context.cc:
>--- COPYING	2 Dec 2005 13:34:41 -0000	1.1.1.1
>+++ COPYING	17 Feb 2006 17:34:54 -0000
>@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
>-		  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>-		       Version 2.1, February 1999
>+		  GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>+		       Version 2, June 1991
> 
>- Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>-     59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
>+ Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>+    		    59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
>  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
>  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
> 
>-[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL.  It also counts
>- as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence
>- the version number 2.1.]
>+[This is the first released version of the library GPL.  It is
>+ numbered 2 because it goes with version 2 of the ordinary GPL.]
> 
> 			    Preamble
> 
>@@ -17,109 +16,97 @@
> Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change
> free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.
> 
>-  This license, the Lesser General Public License, applies to some
>-specially designated software packages--typically libraries--of the
>-Free Software Foundation and other authors who decide to use it.  You
>-can use it too, but we suggest you first think carefully about whether
>-this license or the ordinary General Public License is the better
>-strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations below.
>-
>-  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use,
>-not price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that
>-you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge
>-for this service if you wish); that you receive source code or can get
>-it if you want it; that you can change the software and use pieces of
>-it in new free programs; and that you are informed that you can do
>-these things.
>+  This license, the Library General Public License, applies to some
>+specially designated Free Software Foundation software, and to any
>+other libraries whose authors decide to use it.  You can use it for
>+your libraries, too.
>+
>+  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
>+price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
>+have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
>+this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
>+if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
>+in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
> 
>   To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
>-distributors to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender these
>-rights.  These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for
>-you if you distribute copies of the library or if you modify it.
>+anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
>+These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if
>+you distribute copies of the library, or if you modify it.
> 
>   For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis
> or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave
> you.  You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source
>-code.  If you link other code with the library, you must provide
>-complete object files to the recipients, so that they can relink them
>-with the library after making changes to the library and recompiling
>+code.  If you link a program with the library, you must provide
>+complete object files to the recipients so that they can relink them
>+with the library, after making changes to the library and recompiling
> it.  And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.
> 
>-  We protect your rights with a two-step method: (1) we copyright the
>-library, and (2) we offer you this license, which gives you legal
>+  Our method of protecting your rights has two steps: (1) copyright
>+the library, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal
> permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the library.
> 
>-  To protect each distributor, we want to make it very clear that
>-there is no warranty for the free library.  Also, if the library is
>-modified by someone else and passed on, the recipients should know
>-that what they have is not the original version, so that the original
>-author's reputation will not be affected by problems that might be
>-introduced by others.
>+  Also, for each distributor's protection, we want to make certain
>+that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
>+library.  If the library is modified by someone else and passed on, we
>+want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original
>+version, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on
>+the original authors' reputations.
> 
>-  Finally, software patents pose a constant threat to the existence of
>-any free program.  We wish to make sure that a company cannot
>-effectively restrict the users of a free program by obtaining a
>-restrictive license from a patent holder.  Therefore, we insist that
>-any patent license obtained for a version of the library must be
>-consistent with the full freedom of use specified in this license.
>-
>-  Most GNU software, including some libraries, is covered by the
>-ordinary GNU General Public License.  This license, the GNU Lesser
>-General Public License, applies to certain designated libraries, and
>-is quite different from the ordinary General Public License.  We use
>-this license for certain libraries in order to permit linking those
>-libraries into non-free programs.
>-
>-  When a program is linked with a library, whether statically or using
>-a shared library, the combination of the two is legally speaking a
>-combined work, a derivative of the original library.  The ordinary
>-General Public License therefore permits such linking only if the
>-entire combination fits its criteria of freedom.  The Lesser General
>-Public License permits more lax criteria for linking other code with
>-the library.
>-
>-  We call this license the "Lesser" General Public License because it
>-does Less to protect the user's freedom than the ordinary General
>-Public License.  It also provides other free software developers Less
>-of an advantage over competing non-free programs.  These disadvantages
>-are the reason we use the ordinary General Public License for many
>-libraries.  However, the Lesser license provides advantages in certain
>-special circumstances.
>-
>-  For example, on rare occasions, there may be a special need to
>-encourage the widest possible use of a certain library, so that it becomes
>-a de-facto standard.  To achieve this, non-free programs must be
>-allowed to use the library.  A more frequent case is that a free
>-library does the same job as widely used non-free libraries.  In this
>-case, there is little to gain by limiting the free library to free
>-software only, so we use the Lesser General Public License.
>-
>-  In other cases, permission to use a particular library in non-free
>-programs enables a greater number of people to use a large body of
>-free software.  For example, permission to use the GNU C Library in
>-non-free programs enables many more people to use the whole GNU
>-operating system, as well as its variant, the GNU/Linux operating
>-system.
>-
>-  Although the Lesser General Public License is Less protective of the
>-users' freedom, it does ensure that the user of a program that is
>-linked with the Library has the freedom and the wherewithal to run
>-that program using a modified version of the Library.
>+  Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
>+patents.  We wish to avoid the danger that companies distributing free
>+software will individually obtain patent licenses, thus in effect
>+transforming the program into proprietary software.  To prevent this,
>+we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's
>+free use or not licensed at all.
>+
>+  Most GNU software, including some libraries, is covered by the ordinary
>+GNU General Public License, which was designed for utility programs.  This
>+license, the GNU Library General Public License, applies to certain
>+designated libraries.  This license is quite different from the ordinary
>+one; be sure to read it in full, and don't assume that anything in it is
>+the same as in the ordinary license.
>+
>+  The reason we have a separate public license for some libraries is that
>+they blur the distinction we usually make between modifying or adding to a
>+program and simply using it.  Linking a program with a library, without
>+changing the library, is in some sense simply using the library, and is
>+analogous to running a utility program or application program.  However, in
>+a textual and legal sense, the linked executable is a combined work, a
>+derivative of the original library, and the ordinary General Public License
>+treats it as such.
>+
>+  Because of this blurred distinction, using the ordinary General
>+Public License for libraries did not effectively promote software
>+sharing, because most developers did not use the libraries.  We
>+concluded that weaker conditions might promote sharing better.
>+
>+  However, unrestricted linking of non-free programs would deprive the
>+users of those programs of all benefit from the free status of the
>+libraries themselves.  This Library General Public License is intended to
>+permit developers of non-free programs to use free libraries, while
>+preserving your freedom as a user of such programs to change the free
>+libraries that are incorporated in them.  (We have not seen how to achieve
>+this as regards changes in header files, but we have achieved it as regards
>+changes in the actual functions of the Library.)  The hope is that this
>+will lead to faster development of free libraries.
> 
>   The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
> modification follow.  Pay close attention to the difference between a
> "work based on the library" and a "work that uses the library".  The
>-former contains code derived from the library, whereas the latter must
>-be combined with the library in order to run.
>+former contains code derived from the library, while the latter only
>+works together with the library.
>+
>+  Note that it is possible for a library to be covered by the ordinary
>+General Public License rather than by this special one.
> 
>-		  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>+		  GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
> 
>-  0. This License Agreement applies to any software library or other
>-program which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder or
>-other authorized party saying it may be distributed under the terms of
>-this Lesser General Public License (also called "this License").
>-Each licensee is addressed as "you".
>+  0. This License Agreement applies to any software library which
>+contains a notice placed by the copyright holder or other authorized
>+party saying it may be distributed under the terms of this Library
>+General Public License (also called "this License").  Each licensee is
>+addressed as "you".
> 
>   A "library" means a collection of software functions and/or data
> prepared so as to be conveniently linked with application programs
>@@ -268,7 +255,7 @@
> Any executables containing that work also fall under Section 6,
> whether or not they are linked directly with the Library itself.
> 
>-  6. As an exception to the Sections above, you may also combine or
>+  6. As an exception to the Sections above, you may also compile or
> link a "work that uses the Library" with the Library to produce a
> work containing portions of the Library, and distribute that work
> under terms of your choice, provided that the terms permit
>@@ -295,31 +282,23 @@
>     Library will not necessarily be able to recompile the application
>     to use the modified definitions.)
> 
>-    b) Use a suitable shared library mechanism for linking with the
>-    Library.  A suitable mechanism is one that (1) uses at run time a
>-    copy of the library already present on the user's computer system,
>-    rather than copying library functions into the executable, and (2)
>-    will operate properly with a modified version of the library, if
>-    the user installs one, as long as the modified version is
>-    interface-compatible with the version that the work was made with.
>-
>-    c) Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at
>+    b) Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at
>     least three years, to give the same user the materials
>     specified in Subsection 6a, above, for a charge no more
>     than the cost of performing this distribution.
> 
>-    d) If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy
>+    c) If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy
>     from a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above
>     specified materials from the same place.
> 
>-    e) Verify that the user has already received a copy of these
>+    d) Verify that the user has already received a copy of these
>     materials or that you have already sent this user a copy.
> 
>   For an executable, the required form of the "work that uses the
> Library" must include any data and utility programs needed for
> reproducing the executable from it.  However, as a special exception,
>-the materials to be distributed need not include anything that is
>-normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major
>+the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally
>+distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major
> components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on
> which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies
> the executable.
>@@ -368,7 +347,7 @@
> original licensor to copy, distribute, link with or modify the Library
> subject to these terms and conditions.  You may not impose any further
> restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
>-You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties with
>+You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
> this License.
> 
>   11. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
>@@ -411,7 +390,7 @@
> written in the body of this License.
> 
>   13. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new
>-versions of the Lesser General Public License from time to time.
>+versions of the Library General Public License from time to time.
> Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version,
> but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
> 
>@@ -474,16 +453,16 @@
>     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
> 
>     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>-    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
>+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
>     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
>-    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> 
>     This library 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 License for more details.
>+    Library General Public License for more details.
> 
>-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
>+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
>     License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
>     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
> 
>@@ -500,5 +479,3 @@
>   Ty Coon, President of Vice
> 
> That's all there is to it!
>-
>-

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