diff --git a/doc/src/legal/opensourcelicense.qdoc b/doc/src/legal/opensourcelicense.qdoc deleted file mode 100644 index c82b5c517..000000000 --- a/doc/src/legal/opensourcelicense.qdoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -/**************************************************************************** -** -** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd. -** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/ -** -** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit. -** -** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$ -** Commercial License Usage -** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in -** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the -** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in -** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms -** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further -** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us. -** -** GNU Free Documentation License Usage -** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free -** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software -** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of -** this file. Please review the following information to ensure -** the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 requirements -** will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html. -** $QT_END_LICENSE$ -** -****************************************************************************/ - -/*! - \page opensourcelicense.html - - \title Open Source Licensing of Qt - \ingroup licensing - \brief Information about open source licensing of Qt. - - Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is software that comes with a license - that gives users certain rights. In particular the right to use the - software, to modify it, to obtain its source, and to pass it on (under - the same terms). Notice that the term "free" is about rights, not - money. The Free Software Foundation, the creator of the GNU GPL, speaks - of free in this context as in "free speech", not as in "no cost". - - The Qt Company supports the free software concept by providing the Qt Open Source - Edition, which is licensed under the \l{GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)} - version 3. You can use this edition of Qt to create and distribute software with licenses - that are compatible with this free software license. - - Additionally, the \l{Qt Examples and Tutorials}{examples} included with Qt are provided - under the terms of the \l{BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License}. See also - \l{License of Qt examples}. - - The support of open source with the Open Source Versions of Qt has enabled large - successful software projects like KDE to thrive, with thousands of developers - around the world using open source versions of Qt at no cost to themselves. - - The Open Source Edition can be downloaded from the \l{Downloads} page. - - More information on Free and Open Source software is available online. - - \list - \li GNU LGPL: \l http://www.gnu.org/ - \li Open Source licensing: \l http://www.opensource.org/ - \endlist - - See \l{Licenses Used in Qt} for a collection of documents about licenses - used in Qt. - - Information about Qt Commercial License Agreements is available - in the \l{Qt Licensing Overview} on the Qt website. - - If you are in doubt what edition of Qt is right for your project, - please contact us: \l {http://www.qt.io/contact-us/}. - -*/