X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Flicense.texi;h=25fe4cdc06bcda9b2b0a4f64c47c750c5574c44b;hb=HEAD;hp=b856a431a6f21680cc2ba723ad6101a9cbd818f4;hpb=1fc3af93c0ba6cbaf7ef09edc979096b6f16dd6f;p=pspp-builds.git diff --git a/doc/license.texi b/doc/license.texi index b856a431..25fe4cdc 100644 --- a/doc/license.texi +++ b/doc/license.texi @@ -1,42 +1,45 @@ -@node License, Credits, Introduction, Top +@node License @chapter Your rights and obligations @cindex license +@cindex licence @cindex your rights and obligations @cindex rights, your +@cindex copyright @cindex obligations, your -@cindex Free Software Foundation -@cindex GNU General Public License -@cindex General Public License -@cindex GPL -@cindex distribution -@cindex redistribution -Most of PSPP is distributed under the GNU General Public -License. The General Public License says, in effect, that you may -modify and distribute PSPP as you like, as long as you grant the -same rights to others. It also states that you must provide source code -when you distribute PSPP, or, if you obtained PSPP -source code from an anonymous ftp site, give out the name of that site. +PSPP is not in the public domain. It is copyrighted and there are +restrictions on its distribution, but these restrictions are designed +to permit everything that a good cooperating citizen would want to do. +What is not allowed is to try to prevent others from further sharing +any version of this program that they might get from you. -The General Public License is given in full in the source distribution -as file @file{COPYING}. In Debian GNU/Linux, this file is also -available as file @file{/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2}. +Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give +away copies of PSPP, that you receive source code or else can get it +if you want it, that you can change these programs or use pieces of +them in new free programs, and that you know you can do these things. -To quote the GPL itself: +To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you to +deprive anyone else of these rights. For example, if you distribute +copies of PSPP, you must give the recipients all the rights that you +have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the +source code. And you must tell them their rights. -@quotation -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 of the License, or (at your -option) any later version. +Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone finds +out that there is no warranty for PSPP. If these programs are +modified by someone else and passed on, we want their recipients to +know that what they have is not what we distributed, so that any +problems introduced by others will not reflect on our reputation. -This program 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 -General Public License for more details. +Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software +patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free +program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the +program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any +patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all. -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along -with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., -59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA -@end quotation -@setfilename ignored +The precise conditions of the license for PSPP are found in the +GNU General Public License. You should have received a copy of +the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write +to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth +Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. This manual specifically +is covered by the GNU Free Documentation License (@pxref{GNU Free +Documentation License}).