qflib - License
qflib is distributed for free under the terms of the Mozilla Public License Version
1.1, MPL for short. It comes without warranty of any kind. The
license grants you free use of qflib, access to the source and
the right to modify and redistribute it.
The only restrictions are that you cannot remove Quality First Software GmbH's copyright
and that modifications of qflib are automatically covered by the
MPL as well. Code that just uses the library through its published
interface (referred to as "greater work" in the license) is free
to use any license whatever.
As long as these conditions are met there is nothing to inhibit
commercial use or commercial distribution of qflib,
e.g. together with other software on a CD-rom.
We decided in favor of the MPL because it appears to be a good
compromise between protecting openness and free use on the one
hand and enabling interoperation with third party software under
any license on the other. The text of the license is short and
precise compared to others and is comprehensible for the layman.
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