From 1a35859e0584ea464923aecaf4bb531cc5a69dc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Even Rouault Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:14:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: license.rst: clarification that use of GDAL binaries can be bound to less permissive terms than MIT --- doc/source/license.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/license.rst b/doc/source/license.rst index 6fd131833a8c..70b100272cd8 100644 --- a/doc/source/license.rst +++ b/doc/source/license.rst @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ License License -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -In general GDAL/OGR is licensed under an MIT style license with the -following terms: +In general, the GDAL/OGR source code is licensed under the MIT license, whose terms are: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), @@ -28,6 +27,13 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. -The full licensing terms are available in the `LICENSE.TXT`_ file. +Some files are licensed under BSD 2-clause, BSD 3-clause or other non-copyleft +licenses. The full licensing terms are available in the `LICENSE.TXT`_ file. + +Note however that GDAL can be built against many dependencies, each of them with +their own licensing terms (possibly LGPL, GPL or proprietary), hence the use of +a GDAL binary can be subject to less permissive licensing terms than MIT, and it +is the responsibility of users to check that they comply with the overall +licensing terms. .. _`LICENSE.TXT`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OSGeo/gdal/master/LICENSE.TXT