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[royale-docs] branch master updated: major rework on docs licenses
page to: - get more redablity - clean and reorganize all info using the
same structure. - fix broken links
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new 810b153 major rework on docs licenses page to: - get more redablity - clean and reorganize all info using the same structure. - fix broken links
810b153 is described below
commit 810b153a80f2a72234c1e0b6af7d322fdb5c2ac8
Author: Carlos Rovira <ca...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 31 11:54:04 2019 +0200
major rework on docs licenses page to:
- get more redablity
- clean and reorganize all info using the same structure.
- fix broken links
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diff --git a/welcome/licenses.md b/welcome/licenses.md
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# 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.
layout: docpage
title: Licenses and policies
+description: About Apache Royale licenses and policies
+permalink: /licenses
---
# Licenses
-[Apache License](http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
+About Apache Royale licenses and policies
-Version 2.0, January 2004
+## Apache License v2.0
-TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
+Apache Royale is under __Apache License v2.0__. See:
+[ttp://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0){:target='_blank'}
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-## Apache Royale Subcomponents
-
-The Apache Royale SDK includes a number of subcomponents with
-separate copyright notices and license terms. Your use of the source
-code for the these subcomponents is subject to the terms and
-conditions of the following licenses. Paths are relative to the royale-asjs
-folder.
-
-Portions of frameworks/projects/Flat/src/main/resources/defaults.css is based on
-<a href="http://designmodo.com/flat-free/" target="_blank">Designmodo’s</a> Flat UI which is
-available under an MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Designmodo
-
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-FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
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-
- - The map image in examples/royale/RoyaleStore/src/assets/427px-Bayarea_map.png
-was placed into the Public Domain by its author. See:
-<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayarea_map.png" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayarea_map.png</a>
-
- - The map coordinates in examples/native/USStatesMap/src/MapCoords.as
-were placed into the Public Domain by its author. See: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_CIA_Map.svg#file" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_CIA_Map.svg#file</a>
-
- - Most of the .as files in frameworks/projects/Network/src/main/royale/ in the
-package org.apache.royale.net.remoting.amf are derived from <a href="https://github.com/emilkm/amfjs/blob/master/amf.js" target="_blank">https://github.com/emilkm/amfjs/blob/master/amf.js</a>, which is available under Apache License 2.0.
-
- - Most of the .as files in frameworks/projects/GoogleMaps/src/main/royale/google
-are derived from the google_maps_api_v3_11.js externs file in the
-Google Closure Library which are available under Apache License 2.0.
-
- - The file frameworks/projects/Core/src/main/royale/org/apache/royale/geom/Matrix.as
-is derived from <a href="https://github.com/openfl" target="_blank">OpenFL()</a> which is available under an
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-
- - This product bundles SWFObject under the MIT License. For details see <a href="https://github.com/royale-asjs/templates/swfobject/swfobject.js" target="_blank">https://github.com/royale-asjs/templates/swfobject/swfobject.js</a>.
-
- - royale-typedefs/js/target/downloads/svg.js: This product bundles svg.js from <a href="closureidl.googlecode.com" target="_blank">closureidl.googlecode.com</a> available under the BSD 3-Clause license, Copyright (c) 2012, Denis Zawada All rights reserved.
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- - This product bundles the 7-Zip LZMA SDK which has been placed in the public domain. For
-details see <a href="https://github.com/royale-asjs/lib/external/lzma-sdk-LICENSE.html" target="_blank">https://github.com/royale-asjs/lib/external/lzma-sdk-LICENSE.html</a>
-
- - This product bundles args4J under the MIT License. For
-details see <a href="https://github.com/royale-asjs/js/lib/args4j-LICENSE.html" target="_blank">https://github.com/royale-asjs/js/lib/args4j-LICENSE.html</a>
-
-## Google Closure Compiler
-
-This product bundles the Google Closure Compiler available under Apache License 2.0. For details see
-<a href="https://developers.google.com/closure/compiler/" target="_blank">https://developers.google.com/closure/compiler/</a>.
-
-Google Closure Compiler bundles
-
- - Rhino under MPL 1.1. For details see: https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/README.md. Rhino is
-available at <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Rhino" target="_blank">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Rhino</a>.
-
- - args4j under the MIT License. For details see: https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/README.md
-
- - a subset of JSR 305 under the BSD License.
-For details see: https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/README.md. The
-README.md is confusing as clicking the link takes you to a project that is LGPL, but
-that project is distributing the original JSR 305 artifact that is BSD. See:
-<a href="https://github.com/findbugsproject/findbugs/blob/3.0.1/findbugs/licenses/LICENSE-jsr305.txt" target="_blank">https://github.com/findbugsproject/findbugs/blob/3.0.1/findbugs/licenses/LICENSE-jsr305.txt</a>. In JSR 305, the GuardedBy.class appears to be CC-BY-2.5.
-
- - Protocol Buffer under a BSD License. For details see: https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/README.md
+ * [Google Closure Compiler (GCC)](https://developers.google.com/closure/compiler/){:target='_blank'} under __Apache License 2.0__. See:
+ * [https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/README.md#closure-compiler-license](https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/README.md#closure-compiler-license){:target='_blank'}.
+
+ Also __GCC__ bundles other software. See dependency licenses:
+ * [https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/README.md#dependency-licenses](https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/README.md#dependency-licenses){:target='_blank'}.
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