From c3a57f6fb7de4eace833112012d41d87b8976c3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Flatt Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:17:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update license text --- .../scribblings/main/license.scrbl | 33 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/pkgs/racket-index/scribblings/main/license.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-index/scribblings/main/license.scrbl index f9ea9624a6..ec6859d995 100644 --- a/pkgs/racket-index/scribblings/main/license.scrbl +++ b/pkgs/racket-index/scribblings/main/license.scrbl @@ -5,24 +5,35 @@ @main-page['license] -Racket software and documentation is distributed under the GNU Lesser -General Public License (LGPL). This means +Racket is distributed under the MIT license and the Apache version 2.0 +license, at your option. However, the Racket runtime system includes +components distributed under other licenses. In short: @itemize[ - @item{You can link Racket software into - proprietary applications, provided you follow the specific - rules stated in the LGPL.} + @item{The traditional Racket runtime system includes code distributed + under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.} - @item{You can modify Racket software. If you distribute a modified - version, you must distribute it under the terms of the LGPL, - which in particular means that you must release the source code - for the modified software.} + @item{The Racket on Chez Scheme runtime system embeds Chez Scheme, which + is distributed under the Apache version 2.0 license.} ] -See @filepath{LICENSE-LGPL.txt} in your Racket installation's @filepath{share} -directory for more information. +Except for Windows executables that are created with the ``embed DLLs'' +option, the runtime system remains separate as a shared library or +additional executable, which means that it is dynamically linked and +can be replaced with a modified variant by users. + +See @filepath{LICENSE-LGPL.txt} in your Racket installation's +@filepath{share} directory for the full text of the GNU Lesser General +Public License. + +See @filepath{LICENSE-APACHE.txt} in your Racket installation's +@filepath{share} directory for the full text of the Apache version 2.0 +license. + +See @filepath{LICENSE-MIT.txt} in your Racket installation's +@filepath{share} directory for the full text of the MIT license. Racket software includes or extends the following copyrighted material: