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diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml index 5c27db10..0402fe72 100644 --- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml +++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml @@ -30,10 +30,30 @@ url="https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf">https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf</ulink>. </para> <para> - QPDF has been released under the terms of <ulink - url="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0.php">Version - 2.0 of the Artistic License</ulink>, a copy of which appears in the - file <filename>Artistic-2.0</filename> in the source distribution. + QPDF is licensed under <ulink + url="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">the Apache + License, Version 2.0</ulink> (the "License"). Unless required by + applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under + the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES + OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the + License for the specific language governing permissions and + limitations under the License. + </para> + <para> + Versions of qpdf prior to version 7 were released under the terms + of <ulink url="https://opensource.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0">the + Artistic License, version 2.0</ulink>. At your option, you may + continue to consider qpdf to be licensed under those terms. The + Apache License 2.0 permits everything that the Artistic License 2.0 + permits but is slightly less restrictive. Allowing the Artistic + License to continue being used is primary to help people who may + have to get specific approval to use qpdf in their products. + </para> + <para> + QPDF is intentionally released with a permissive license. However, + if there is some reason that the licensing terms don't work for + your requirements, please feel free to contact the copyright holder + to make other arrangements. </para> <para> QPDF was originally created in 2001 and modified periodically |