| /help/help-en/license.ama |
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| 3,14 → 3,14 |
| SvarDOS is a DOS distribution made of many different software bricks, hence a |
| single license can hardly be applied to all. However, the CORE system (that |
| is the SvarDOS installer, bootable floppy image and all core packages) is |
| carefully assembled from software that is "free" (as in "Freedom"), ie. that |
| grants the 3 basic FOSS liberties: freedom to use, modify, and redistribute. |
| This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, software released under |
| following licenses: GNU GPLv2, GNU GPLv3, BSD, MIT, EUPL and Public domain. |
| is the SvarDOS installer, bootable images and all CORE packages) is carefully |
| assembled from software that is "free" (as in "Freedom"), ie. that grants the 3 |
| basic FOSS liberties: freedom to use, modify, and redistribute. This includes, |
| but is not necessarily limited to, software released under following licenses: |
| GNU GPLv2, GNU GPLv3, BSD, MIT, EUPL and Public domain. |
| Note that, while the above applies to the core of the SvarDOS distribution, it |
| does not cover all extra packages. Additionnal software packages may or may |
| not be FOSS, they are only guaranteed to be "gratis for non-commercial use". |
| does not cover all extra packages. Additional software packages may or may not |
| be FOSS, they are only guaranteed to be "gratis for non-commercial use". |
| Read more: %lpkgrules.ama:Packages inclusion rules |
| /help/help-en/pkgrules.ama |
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| 28,7 → 28,9 |
| The program must be free - that is, available at no financial cost. It doesn't |
| have to comply to an OSI-approved license or be open-source (even if that |
| would be preferred), but at the very least it must be free for personal, |
| non-commercial use. |
| non-commercial use. This includes "Freeware", "postcardware", etc. "Shareware" |
| is acceptable, too, as long as the shareware version of the program fullfills |
| the conditions of usefulness, quality and allows repackaged distribution. |
| %hDistribution allowed |
| 38,9 → 40,9 |
| %!CORE EXCEPTIONS |
| Please note that, while the above rules are valid for all third-party packages |
| that may be distributed with SvarDOS, it does not apply to the 'core' packages |
| that contain the operating system itself. SvarDOS being a free (as in "libre") |
| operating system, all "core" packages must comply to a libre-like license - be |
| it GPL, BSD, MIT, public domain, or anything that allows for unrestricted |
| distribution, provides source code and allows to modify it freely. |
| While the above rules are valid for all third-party packages that may be |
| distributed with SvarDOS, it does NOT apply to the "CORE" packages that contain |
| the operating system itself. SvarDOS being a free (as in "libre") operating |
| system, all CORE packages must comply to a libre-like license - be it GPL, BSD, |
| MIT, public domain, or anything that allows for unrestricted distribution, |
| provides source code and allows to modify it freely. |