License

This document summarizes the licenses, and your rights with regard to this project.  It is recommended to read this before downloading or browsing the sources.

Summary
LicenseThis document summarizes the licenses, and your rights with regard to this project.
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PrefaceThe author’s opinion is that development should not be hindred by excessive restrictions and fees, and that his experience may be shared with others so that it may be of the most use possible.
Source LicensingSince parts of the sourcecode uses a copyleft-based license you have one of these options at your disposal
Binary LicensingSince the licenses involved allow full freedom over the binaries produced, you can distribute all binaries as you see fit.
Licensing MoraleSince the licenses allows you to DO a lot, it doesnt mean you SHOULD.
Foreign lawThe author lives in a country where law does not support software patents, and where there are normally no restrictions on the use of encryption and related subjects.
CreditsMarcel Sondaar

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Preface

The author’s opinion is that development should not be hindred by excessive restrictions and fees, and that his experience may be shared with others so that it may be of the most use possible.

Hence, most of the sourcecode is released into the public domain.

To ease the work, the author has used some third party libraries which add some restrictions of themselves.

To read up on the specific details, you should read the licenses involved

Since I am not a lawyer I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the content of this document.  Contact a legal advisor if you need to be sure.

Source Licensing

Since parts of the sourcecode uses a copyleft-based license you have one of these options at your disposal

option 1

You should always distribute the source in full, including copyright notes and related documents

option 2

If you are familiar with the LGPL license you may notice that you can keep the LGPL and public domain code separate: You can therefore remove the LGPL code and do with the rest as you please.

Binary Licensing

Since the licenses involved allow full freedom over the binaries produced, you can distribute all binaries as you see fit.

I do recommend that you include the ‘standard disclaimer’ as part of your distribution

Licensing Morale

Since the licenses allows you to DO a lot, it doesnt mean you SHOULD.

Among these, it is always appreciated when the original authors are credited.  Words of appreciation are always welcome, and it would be great if you would keep the sources open for everybody so that more knowledge is released into the world.

Foreign law

The author lives in a country where law does not support software patents, and where there are normally no restrictions on the use of encryption and related subjects.  You should be aware of the fact that your local laws may be less liberal and that using, distributing, and possibly even downloading may be illegal.  For example, in the United States of America the software is known to infringe at least several software patents.  As said before, I am not a lawyer, hence you should seek legal council when in doubt.

Credits

Author

Marcel Sondaar

Other developers

Bogdan Barbu

Thanks to

Martin ‘Solar’ BauteFor writing the Public Domain C library
The FreeBasic TeamFor providing one of the better compilers around
Brendan TrotterFor being the best human source of information around, and for writing the SFS specification.
Zach “Blizzarddog” HogarthThe most prominent source of comments
The osdev.org communityFor sharing ideas and help (http://www.osdev.org)