2003/02/11 02:20:07

[org.ibex.core.git] / COPYING

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@@ -31,25 +31,8 @@ The contents of this distribution are copyrighted and licensed as follows:
    
      As a clarification to the General Public License, any data files
      (.xwt, .gif, .png) loaded into a running copy of the XWT Engine,
-     or compiled by the jXWT Engine Compiler are specifically NOT
-     considered "derivitave works" of the engine, so long as they do
-     not contain any code copied from the engine.
-
-     As an additional clarification to the General Public License,
-     please note that if you apply a digital signature to the XWT
-     Engine, you have created a modified work, and your digital
-     signature constitutes part of the derived work ("any associated
-     interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control
-     compilation and installation of the executable"). You must
-     distribute your digital signature in "the preferred form of the
-     work for making modifications to it," meaning your private
-     key. Since virtually all Trusted Root CA's have clauses in their
-     certificate agreements prohibiting public distribution of a
-     private key for which they have issued a certificate, you
-     probably cannot publicly distribute signed XWT binaries without
-     obtaining a special license. Privately distributed binaries are,
-     of course, permitted.
-
+     are specifically NOT considered "derivitave works" of the engine,
+     so long as they do not contain any code copied from the engine.
 
 
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