1Preamble
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3
4The licensing of the wxWidgets library is intended to protect the wxWidgets
5library, its developers, and its users, so that the considerable investment
6it represents is not abused.
7
8Under the terms of the wxWidgets Licence, you as a user are not
9obliged to distribute wxWidgets source code with your products, if you
10distribute these products in binary form. However, you are prevented from
11restricting use of the library in source code form, or denying others the
12rights to use or distribute wxWidgets library source code in the way
13intended.
14
15The wxWidgets Licence establishes the copyright for the code and related
16material, and it gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or
17modify the library. It also asserts that no warranty is given by the authors
18for this or derived code.
19
20The core distribution of the wxWidgets library contains files
21under two different licences:
22
23- Most files are distributed under the GNU Library General Public
24  Licence, version 2, with the special exception that you may create and
25  distribute object code versions built from the source code or modified
26  versions of it (even if these modified versions include code under a
27  different licence), and distribute such binaries under your own
28  terms.
29
30- Most core wxWidgets manuals are made available under the "wxWidgets
31  Free Documentation Licence", which allows you to distribute modified
32  versions of the manuals, such as versions documenting any modifications
33  made by you in your version of the library. However, you may not restrict
34  any third party from reincorporating your changes into the original
35  manuals.
36
37Other relevant files:
38
39- licence.txt: a statement that the wxWidgets library is
40  covered by the GNU Library General Public Licence, with an
41  exception notice for binary distribution.
42
43- licendoc.txt: the wxWidgets Documentation Licence.
44
45- lgpl.txt: the text of the GNU Library General Public Licence.
46
47- gpl.txt: the text of the GNU General Public Licence, which is
48  referenced by the LGPL.
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