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authorHan-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>2006-10-13 13:46:58 +0000
committerHan-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>2006-10-13 13:46:58 +0000
commitf8576bb43c014eb516ed3fab8eb8c11ef2e1ac21 (patch)
treeceecbf7381fd09cba4ffe6a5772e8cf89005fa90 /COPYING
parentaf74dea679d3c5808cea1196c858ce264cb3c6ca (diff)
* COPYING: clarify exception note.
* lily/main.cc: remove remark about "COPYING".
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+LilyPond is distributed with under the GNU General Public License
+(reproduced below), with the following exceptions:
+- It does not apply to example input files (which are in
+the subdirectory input/) that explicitly specify another license.
-*** NOTE
+- If you create a document which uses fonts included in LilyPond, and
+embed this font or unaltered portions of this font into the document,
+then this font does not by itself cause the resulting document to be
+covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not
+however invalidate any other reasons why the document might be covered
+by the GNU General Public License. If you modify this font, you may
+extend this exception to your version of the font, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception
+statement from your version.
-1. This license does not apply to the included example input files
-(which are in the subdirectory input/).
-2. The following addition applies to the fonts included in this
-package.
-
- As a special exception, if you create a document which uses
- this font, and embed this font or unaltered portions of this
- font into the document, this font does not by itself cause the
- resulting document to be covered by the GNU General Public
- License. This exception does not however invalidate any other
- reasons why the document might be covered by the GNU General
- Public License. If you modify this font, you may extend this
- exception to your version of the font, but you are not
- obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
- exception statement from your version.
-
-Sources of the included fonts are in the subdirectory mf/
-
-3. This license applies to all other files that do not explicitly
-specify another license.
-
-
-*** END NOTE
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991