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Differences between version #6833 and #6871
1c1 < The Haxe project have several licenses covering the different part of the sources. All of these licenses are well-known open-source licenses. The idea of having several licenses is to permit everybody to use Haxe with no restriction, and to still keep Haxe enhancements open-source. --- > The Haxe project have several licenses covering the different part of the sources. All of these licenses are well-known free open source software licenses. The idea of having several licenses is to permit everybody to use Haxe with no restriction, and to still keep Haxe enhancements free[[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html|?]] and open source[[http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd|?]]. 7c7 < * The //Haxe compiler// is released under the **GNU General Public License version 2**. This is made to ensure that Haxe will remain open source. The license requires the users distributing modified versions of the Haxe compiler to also distribute the source code, licensed under the same license. Therefor distributing proprietary/closed source forks of the Haxe compiler is not allowed. --- > * The //Haxe compiler// is released under the **GNU General Public License version 2**. This is made to ensure that Haxe will remain free and open source. The license requires the users distributing modified versions of the Haxe compiler to also distribute the source code, licensed under the same license. Therefor distributing proprietary/non-free/not-open source forks of the Haxe compiler is not allowed. 9,11c9,11 < The license of the compiler does not affect the license of your source code. If you use Haxe and the Haxe compiler it is not reqiured that you release your work under an open source license. < * The //Haxe libraries// are released under a "two-clause" **BSD license**. This license grants you the right to use the libraries providing only that you include a copyright notice in the end-product. A more liberal license than the GNU General Public License was chosen here, allowing you to use the libraries in proprietary/closed source software. < * The //Neko runtime// used by Haxe on the server-side is licensed under the **GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1**. This license, like the GNU General Public License, requires the users distributing modified versions of the Neko runtime to also distribute the source code, licensed under the same license. However, in some cases the license allows a used to use an unmodified version of the licensed code in proprietary/closed source software. --- > The license of the compiler does not affect the license of your own source code. If you use Haxe and the Haxe compiler it is not required that you release your work under a free open source software license. > * The //Haxe libraries// are released under a "two-clause" **BSD license**. This license grants you the right to use the libraries providing only that you include a copyright notice in the end-product. A more liberal license than the GNU General Public License was chosen here, allowing you to use the libraries in proprietary/non-free/not-open source software. > * The //Neko runtime// used by Haxe on the server-side is licensed under the **GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1**. This license, like the GNU General Public License, requires the users distributing modified versions of the Neko runtime to also distribute the source code, licensed under the same license. However, in some cases the license allows a used to use an unmodified version of the licensed code in proprietary/non-free/not-open source software.
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| #13651 | 2012-04-14 20:29:45 | elyon | View | Diff |
| #13650 | 2012-04-14 20:29:45 | elyon | Changed title from Haxe Licenses to Haxe Licenses |
| #9249 | 2010-09-20 01:38:54 | baffo32 | Changed title from Haxe licenses to Haxe Licenses |
| #9238 | 2010-09-11 03:25:39 | Snowpato | Changed title from Licencias Haxe to Haxe licenses |
| #9237 | 2010-09-11 03:24:55 | Snowpato | Restored to version #8196 |
| #9234 | 2010-09-11 03:23:52 | Snowpato | View | Diff |
| #9233 | 2010-09-11 03:23:52 | Snowpato | Changed title from Haxe Licenses to Licencias Haxe |
| #8196 | 2010-03-09 12:24:18 | Pimm | View | Diff |
| #7402 | 2009-12-25 18:07:52 | Pimm | View | Diff |
| #7401 | 2009-12-25 17:58:45 | Pimm | View | Diff |
| #6876 | 2009-08-24 14:32:36 | Pimm | View | Diff |
| #6871 | 2009-08-24 14:27:39 | Pimm | View | Diff |
| #6833 | 2009-08-21 19:47:22 | mpe | View | Diff |
| #6344 | 2009-07-17 02:15:41 | Pimm | View | Diff |
| #4295 | 2008-09-22 07:59:40 | icebirds | Changed title from Haxe 许?? to Haxe Licenses |
| #4294 | 2008-09-22 07:59:11 | icebirds | View | Diff |
| #4293 | 2008-09-22 07:59:11 | icebirds | Changed title from Haxe License to Haxe 许?? |
| #89 | 2008-05-01 23:36:01 | ncannasse | View | Diff |
| #88 | 2008-05-01 23:36:01 | ncannasse | Set title to Haxe License |
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