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Zlib License

Permissive free software license

Permissive free software license

FieldValue
image[[File:Zlib 3D green.svg100px]]
namezlib license
authorJean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
copyrightJean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
version1.2.11
date15 April 1995
OSI approvedYes
Debian approvedYes
Free SoftwareYes
GPL compatibleYes
copyleftNo
linkingYes

The zlib license has been approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as a free software license, and by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) as an open source license. It is compatible with the GNU General Public License.

Terms

The license only has the following points to be accounted for:

  • Software is used on 'as-is' basis. Authors are not liable for any damages arising from its use.
  • The distribution of a modified version of the software is subject to the following restrictions:
    1. The authorship of the original software must not be misrepresented,
    2. Altered source versions must not be misrepresented as being the original software, and
    3. The license notice must not be removed from source distributions.

The license does not require source code to be made available if distributing binary code.

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The license terms are as follows:

Copyright (c)

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:

  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
  2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.

References

References

  1. "Zlib License".
  2. "Various Licenses and Comments about Them".
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