diff --git a/License.txt b/License.txt index 5cc9ad73..44948eb0 100644 --- a/License.txt +++ b/License.txt @@ -1,8 +1,35 @@ The WinFsp project is Copyright (C) Bill Zissimopoulos. It is licensed -under the terms of the GPLv3. The full text of this license follows -below. Commercial licensing options are also available: Please contact +under the terms of the GPLv3. + +As a special exception to GPLv3, Bill Zissimopoulos grants additional +permissions to Free/Libre and Open Source Software ("FLOSS") without requiring +that such software is covered by the GPLv3. + + 1. Permission to link with a platform specific version of the WinFsp DLL + (currently winfsp-x64.dll or winfsp-x86.dll). + + 2. Permission to distribute unmodified binary releases of the WinFsp + installer (as released by the WinFsp project). + + These permissions (and no other) are granted provided that the software: + + 1. Is distributed under a license that satisfies the Free Software + Definition Version 1.141 (https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html) + or the Open Source Definition Version 1.9 (https://opensource.org/osd). + + 2. Includes the copyright notice "WinFsp - Windows File System Proxy, + Copyright (C) Bill Zissimopoulos" and a link to the WinFsp repository in + its user-interface and any user-facing documentation. + + 3. Is not linked or distributed with proprietary (non-FLOSS) software. + [You cannot mix FLOSS and proprietary software while using WinFsp under + this special exception.] + +Commercial licensing options are also available: Please contact Bill Zissimopoulos . +The full text of the GPLv3 license follows below. + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE