qubes-doc/developer/code/license.md

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lang: en
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- /en/doc/license/
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- /wiki/QubesLicensing/
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title: Software License
---


Qubes is a compilation of software packages, each under its own license. The compilation is made available under the GNU General Public License version 2.

The full text of the GPL v2 license can be found [here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html).
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Add lang + ref tags to frontmatter Those are fields used by the language switcher to correlate pages across different languages, even if they have different names/paths/titles. They are generated with the prepare_for_translation.py script. 2021-03-13 19:06:18 +01:00			`lang: en`
wiki -> doc migration 2015-04-10 20:17:45 +00:00			`layout: doc`
Revert "Remove all instances of `permalink:` in YAML frontmatter" This reverts commit c815e4c54c315dfca30c66f6a33e07b1ff90b786. https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6701#issuecomment-862822827 2021-06-16 19:56:25 -07:00			`permalink: /doc/license/`
Clean up and sort developer documentation 2015-09-26 03:16:18 +00:00			`redirect_from:`
Remove en/ from URLs (QubesOS/qubes-issues#1333) 2015-10-28 22:14:40 +00:00			`- /en/doc/license/`
			`- /doc/QubesLicensing/`
			`- /wiki/QubesLicensing/`
Add lang + ref tags to frontmatter Those are fields used by the language switcher to correlate pages across different languages, even if they have different names/paths/titles. They are generated with the prepare_for_translation.py script. 2021-03-13 19:06:18 +01:00			`ref: 52`
Update and reorganize documentation - Convert "Common Tasks" to "How-to Guides" (QubesOS/qubes-issues#6694) - Make title capitalization consistent across docs - Fix leftover h1 headings - Reorganize various pages and topics - Update permalinks to better match titles - Create redirects for changed permalinks - Miscellaneous cleanup QubesOS/qubes-issues#6701 2021-06-17 04:23:57 -07:00			`title: Software License`
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			`Qubes is a compilation of software packages, each under its own license. The compilation is made available under the GNU General Public License version 2.`

Use HTTPS everywhere (mechanical edit using util from https-everywhere) Ref: https://github.com/EFForg/https-everywhere/tree/master/utils/rewriter ```Shell ~/src/EFForg/https-everywhere/utils/rewriter/rewriter.js . ``` 2020-12-19 19:57:07 +01:00			`The full text of the GPL v2 license can be found [here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html).`