qubes-doc/developer/code/license.md

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title: Software License
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Qubes OS is a compilation of software packages, each under its own license. The compilation is made available under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2).

The source code of Qubes OS is contained in repositories under the [@QubesOS](https://github.com/QubesOS) account on GitHub. This source code is made available under GPLv2, unless there is a `LICENSE` file in the root of the containing repository that specifies a different license.

The full text of the GPLv2 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 13:06:18 -05:00			`lang: en`
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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 22:56:25 -04:00			`permalink: /doc/license/`
Clean up and sort developer documentation 2015-09-25 23:16:18 -04:00			`redirect_from:`
Remove en/ from URLs (QubesOS/qubes-issues#1333) 2015-10-28 18:14:40 -04:00			`- /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 13:06:18 -05:00			`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 07:23:57 -04:00			`title: Software License`
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Copyedit text 2021-05-23 23:36:41 -04:00			`Qubes OS is a compilation of software packages, each under its own license. The compilation is made available under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2).`
QubesLicensing changed Initial version 2012-12-12 12:42:13 -05:00
Copyedit text 2021-05-23 23:36:41 -04:00			The source code of Qubes OS is contained in repositories under the [@QubesOS](https://github.com/QubesOS) account on GitHub. This source code is made available under GPLv2, unless there is a `LICENSE` file in the root of the containing repository that specifies a different license.
QubesLicensing changed Initial version 2012-12-12 12:42:13 -05:00
Copyedit text 2021-05-23 23:36:41 -04:00			`The full text of the GPLv2 license can be found [here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html).`