skalibs: license
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# skalibs license

## Source code

The skalibs source code from skalibs is released under the ISC license, the text of which can be found in the COPYING file enclosed in the package.

The license has been chosen for its simplicity - it's short and to the point - and above all its permissivity. There is nothing legitimate you should not be able to do with the skalibs code. If the license somehow stands in the way, please let me know.

## Documentation

However, the skalibs documentation, which you are currently reading, and which is available in the `doc/` subdirectory of the official skalibs tarball, is not provided under the same license.

The license for the skalibs documentation is more restrictive than the license for the source code. Namely:

- The exact same disclaimer applies.
- You have the right to download, use and modify the documentation.
- You have the right to distribute unmodified copies of the documentation.
- You have the right to distribute modified copies of the documentation, provided that:
  - The contents and links (not necessarily the appearance) of this file, license.html, are left unmodified;
  - On your documentation's main page, you explicitly state that the documentation has been modified, and you set up a link to the original skalibs site, explicitly stating that the original software and documentation can be found there;
  - The parts of the documentation that you have modified are unarguably and undeniably distinguishable from the unmodified parts. You can, for instance, use a different text color, different background color, or different text font.

I am aware that the previous restrictions sound completely ridiculous while the official skalibs documentation is incomplete. As of 2.14.2.0, I'm not going to enforce those restrictions, but if you're going to provide documentation for skalibs, don't keep it to yourself, please send it to me instead. :-)