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authorKrzysztof Kosi??ski <tweenk.pl@gmail.com>2016-05-08 06:35:17 +0000
committerKrzysztof KosiƄski <tweenk.pl@gmail.com>2016-05-08 06:35:17 +0000
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parentClarify license. (diff)
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Change license in about box to GPLv3 - due to GIMP files
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+Inkscape license
+================
+
+Most of Inkscape source code is available under the GNU General Public License,
+version 2 or later, with the exception of a few files copied from GIMP, which
+are available under GNU GPL version 3 or later. As such, the complete binaries
+of Inkscape are currently covered by the terms of GNU GPL version 3 or later.
+
+Several standalone libraries contained in Inkscape's source code repository are
+available under GNU Lesser General Public License or the Mozilla Public License.
+
+See the files GPL2.txt and GPL3.txt for the full license text.