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|  | Mono is made up of many pieces of code, all of them open source, but | ||
|  | different pieces of Mono use different licensing terms. | ||
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|  | For comments, corrections and updates, please contact mono@xamarin.com | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | * Dual Licensing | ||
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|  |         Parts of Mono are dual licensed, they are available to the | ||
|  |         public in GPL or LGPL forms, but we also offer those pieces | ||
|  |         under commercial terms from Xamarin for the cases wher the GPL | ||
|  |         and the LGPL are not suitable. | ||
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 | ||
|  |         We have tried to pick the licenses that will maximize adoption | ||
|  |         of Mono, so we tend to use the MIT X11 or LGPL liceses. | ||
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|  |         Contributions to dual-licensed module require that the author | ||
|  |         contributes the code under the terms of the MIT X11 code, or | ||
|  |         to sign an agreement that allows Novell to redistribute the | ||
|  |         code under other licenses. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         Contributions for other modules should be under the same license | ||
|  |         terms as the rest of the module, or under MIT X11 terms.  | ||
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|  |         For the actual license links in the Mono distribution see the | ||
|  |         bottom of this file. | ||
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 | ||
|  |         If you need further information, please contact mono@xamarin.com | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | * The Modules | ||
|  | 
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|  | ** mono/mono: the Mono VM | ||
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|  |         This code is dual licensed under the LGPL or commercial licenses.  | ||
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|  |         The LGPL ensures that Mono can be used in most scenarios, but | ||
|  |         gives Xamarin the flexibility to relicense the code for | ||
|  |         embedded systems, static linking or commercial settings where | ||
|  |         the LGPL can not be used. | ||
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 | ||
|  |         We consider non-LGPL use instances where you use this on an | ||
|  |         embedded system where the end user is not able to upgrade the | ||
|  |         Mono VM or Moonlight installation or distribution that is part | ||
|  |         of your product (Section 6 and 7), you would have to obtain a | ||
|  |         commercial license from Xamarin (consider software burned into | ||
|  |         a ROM, systems where end users would not be able to upgrade, | ||
|  |         an embedded console, a game console that imposes limitations | ||
|  |         on the distribution and access to the code, a phone platform | ||
|  |         that prevents end users from upgrading Moonlight). | ||
|  |          | ||
|  |         Contact mono@xamarin.com for details on obtaining the Mono | ||
|  |         runtime under other terms. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | ** mono/support: MonoPosixHelper and support code | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         This code is dual licensed under the LGPL or commercial licenses, with | ||
|  |         the same guidelines as mono/mono code. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         The ZLib files are included under a "new BSD"-style license. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | ** mono/eglib: Mono's X11 glib implementation | ||
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 | ||
|  |         This is a minimal subset of glib that is to be licensed under | ||
|  |         the terms of the MIT X11, this means that this code can be | ||
|  |         used for any purposes by anyone. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | ** mono/metadata/sgen*: Mono's Copying Collector | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         This new garbage collector is licensed under the terms of | ||
|  |         the MIT X11 license, in hopes that the GC could be reused | ||
|  |         by third party projects, follows the same spirit than the | ||
|  |         Boehm GC. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | ** mono/arch/*/XXX-codegen.h | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         This are C macros that are useful when generating native | ||
|  |         code on various platforms.   This code is MIT X11 licensed. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | ** mcs/mcs, mcs/gmcs | ||
|  | 
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|  |           The C# Compilers (1.0 and 2.0) | ||
|  | 
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|  |         These compilers are dual licensed under the GPL and MIT X11 | ||
|  |         license terms. | ||
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 | ||
|  | ** tests | ||
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|  |         Unless explicitly stated, the tests are under the MIT X11 license. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | ** mcs/class | ||
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|  |         The class libraries developed by the Mono team are licensed | ||
|  |         under the MIT X11 terms. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         In addition to the class libraries developed by the Mono team, | ||
|  |         there are a number of class libraries that we bundle as part | ||
|  |         of the distribution that were integrated from third-parties or | ||
|  |         that contain code that was originally licensed under different | ||
|  |         terms, these are: | ||
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 | ||
|  |             ByteFX.Data: LGPL | ||
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|  |             Npgsql: LGPL | ||
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 | ||
|  |             FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird: Firebird public license. | ||
|  |                 See: mcs/class/FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird/license.txt | ||
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|  |             ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib, GPL with exceptions. | ||
|  |                 See: mcs/class/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/README | ||
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 | ||
|  | ** mcs/class/System.Core/System/TimeZoneInfo.Android.cs | ||
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|  |         This is a port of Apache 2.0-licensed Android code, and thus is | ||
|  |         licensed under the Apache 2.0 license: | ||
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|  |             http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | ||
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|  |               | ||
|  | ** mcs/tools | ||
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|  |         These are licensed under the MIT X11 license, except where the | ||
|  |         GPL is explicitly used.  | ||
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|  | ** mcs/jay | ||
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|  |         This is a port of Berkeley yacc, so it is available under the BSD | ||
|  |         license.   See the license in the individual C files for details. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | ** mono/man | ||
|  | 
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|  |         Manual pages and Mono documentation are covered by the MIT X11 license.  | ||
|  | 
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|  | * samples | ||
|  | 
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|  |         The code in the "samples" directory is released under the MIT X11 license. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | * The Licenses | ||
|  | 
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|  |         These are the licenses used in Mono, the files are located: | ||
|  | 
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|  |         GNU GPL: details avaliable in the file mcs/LICENSE.GPL | ||
|  |         GNU LGPL: details available in the file mcs/LICENSE.LGPL | ||
|  |         MIT X11: text available in the file mcs/MIT.X11 | ||
|  |         MPL: text available in the file mcs/LICENSE.MPL |