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License:
-For the most part, Bacula is licensed under the GPL version 2 or greater
-and any code that is Copyright Kern Sibbald and John Walker with the GPL
-indication is so licensed, but with the following four additions:
+For the most part, Bacula is licensed under the GPL version 2
+and any code that is Copyright Kern Sibbald and John Walker or
+Copyright Kern Sibbald (after November 2004) with the GPL
+indication is so licensed, but with the following five additions:
Linking:
-Bacula may be linked with any libraries permitted under
-the GPL, or with any non-GPLed libraries, including OpenSSL, that
-are required for its proper functioning, providing the source
-code of those non-GPLed libraries is non-proprietary and freely available.
+Bacula may be linked with any libraries permitted under the GPL,
+or with any non-GPLed libraries, including OpenSSL, that are
+required for its proper functioning, providing the source code of
+those non-GPLed libraries is non-proprietary and freely
+available to the public.
Termination for IP or Patent Action:
In addition to the termination clause specified in the GPL, this
Code falling under the above conditions will be marked as follows:
- Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Kern Sibbald
+ Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Kern Sibbald
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
- the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ the License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307, USA.
+Windows:
+Certain source code used to build the Windows version of the Bacula
+File daemon is copyrighted and or trademarked by Microsoft and may
+contain Microsoft intellectual property (examples: Microsoft VC++, the
+source to the VSS libraries, the Microsoft C runtime libraries). As
+such we cannot and do not distribute that software. The compiler is
+available for purchase, and Microsoft provides a free version of the
+compiler. The source code and libraries are available for download from
+Microsoft public Web servers. We have documented in the src/win32
+directory how we build the Windows File daemon and many users have
+succeeded in doing so themselves. Our intention is to respect as
+closely as possible Open Source practices while maintaining full
+respect for proprietary and copyrighted code.
+
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-The entire GPL is reproduced in the html manual distributed with this
-source and can also be found online on the GNU web site as well
+The entire GPL is reproduced in the manuals distributed with the
+Bacula documentation and can also be found online on the GNU web site as well
as at www.bacula.org.
-In addition to the GPL, there are parts of Bacula that are licensed
-under the LGPL so that they may be used in proprietary code to interface
-with Bacula.
+Certain parts of the Bacula software are licensed by their
+copyright holder(s) undert the GPL with no modifications. These
+software files are clearly marked as such.
+
+There are parts of Bacula that are licensed under the LGPL so
+that they may be used in proprietary code to interface with
+Bacula.
Finally there are parts of Bacula that are in the public domain.