From fa357a450be5a723684f14cb8c3c2eb459a5d769 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Irmen de Jong Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 19:46:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] clarify license --- LICENSE | 5 ++++- docs/source/index.rst | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 6c322eb31..8d74f856d 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ This sofware license is for Prog8 the compiler + associated libraries. -The software generated by running the compiler is excluded from this. + +Any and all outputs generated by the compiler (intermediary +source code and compiled binary programs) are excluded from that +and you can do with them whatever you want. diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst index b86946fbd..0793e472c 100644 --- a/docs/source/index.rst +++ b/docs/source/index.rst @@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ You can compile programs for various machines with this CPU: Prog8 is copyright © Irmen de Jong (irmen@razorvine.net | http://www.razorvine.net). The project is on github: https://github.com/irmen/prog8.git - -This software is licensed under the GNU GPL 3.0, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html +**License:** +The compiler itself and included libraries are free to use, but licensed under the GNU GPL 3.0, as written here https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html +Any and all *outputs, generated by the compiler* (intermediary codes and compiled binary programs) are excluded from that and you +can do with those whatever you want. +This means, for instance, that you can freely use Prog8 to create commercial software but you can only sell/redistribute *the actual resulting program*. +The *compiler itself* or any derivative made from it has to adhere to the GNU GPL 3.0 free open-source license linked above. .. image:: _static/cube3d.png