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= License Agreement =
= License =


The Fedora operating system is a compilation of software packages, each under its own license.  The compilation itself is released under the MIT license. However, this compilation license does not supersede the licenses of code and content contained in the Fedora operating system, which conform to the legal guidelines described at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing.
= MIT license text =
Copyright 2018 Fedora Project Authors.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
= Source Availability =
A complete machine-readable copy of the source code corresponding to portions of the accompanying Fedora release is available upon request. This offer is valid to anyone in receipt of this information and shall expire three years following the date of the final distribution of this release by Red Hat, Inc.
To obtain such source code, send a check or money order in the amount of US $10.00 to:
Vice President, Intellectual Property | Red Hat, Inc. | 100 East Davie Street | Raleigh, NC 27601 USA
Please write "source for Fedora $VERSION" (replacing $VERSION for the version of Fedora you want the source for) in the memo line of your payment.
You may also access a copy of this source code at:
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/
= Export Regulations =
By downloading or installing Fedora software, you acknowledge that you
understand all of the following: Fedora software and technical information may
be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and other
U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a)
to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of
the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan & Syria); (b) to any
prohibited destination or to any end user who has been prohibited from
participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S.
government; or (c) for use in connection with the design, development or
production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or rocket systems, space
launch vehicles, or sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may
not download Fedora software or technical information if you are located in one
of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not
provide Fedora software or technical information to individuals or entities
located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions.
You are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements
applicable to the import, export and use of Fedora software and technical
information.
= Legacy License Agreements =
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement21|  Fedora 21 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement20|  Fedora 20 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement19|  Fedora 19 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement18|  Fedora 18 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement17|  Fedora 17 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement16|  Fedora 16 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement15|  Fedora 15 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement14|  Fedora 14 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement13|  Fedora 13 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement12|  Fedora 12 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement11|  Fedora 11 License Agreement]]
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement10|  Fedora 10 License Agreement]]  
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement10|  Fedora 10 License Agreement]]  
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement9|  Fedora 9 License Agreement]]  
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement9|  Fedora 9 License Agreement]]  
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* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement1|  Fedora Core 1 License Agreement]]  
* [[Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement1|  Fedora Core 1 License Agreement]]  


'''NOTE''':  In the past, Fedora used the acronym "EULA," for End User License Agreement, to inform people using Fedora about their rights and responsibilities.  However, that term is misleading because any end user can easily be a redistributor of Fedora, because of the way that free and open source software work.
'''NOTE''':  In the past, Fedora used the acronym "EULA," for End User License Agreement, to inform people using the Fedora operating system about their rights and responsibilities.  However, that term is misleading because any end user can easily be a redistributor of the Fedora operating system, because of the way that free and open source software work.

Revision as of 16:34, 24 October 2018

License

The Fedora operating system is a compilation of software packages, each under its own license. The compilation itself is released under the MIT license. However, this compilation license does not supersede the licenses of code and content contained in the Fedora operating system, which conform to the legal guidelines described at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing.

MIT license text

Copyright 2018 Fedora Project Authors.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Source Availability

A complete machine-readable copy of the source code corresponding to portions of the accompanying Fedora release is available upon request. This offer is valid to anyone in receipt of this information and shall expire three years following the date of the final distribution of this release by Red Hat, Inc.

To obtain such source code, send a check or money order in the amount of US $10.00 to:

Vice President, Intellectual Property | Red Hat, Inc. | 100 East Davie Street | Raleigh, NC 27601 USA

Please write "source for Fedora $VERSION" (replacing $VERSION for the version of Fedora you want the source for) in the memo line of your payment.

You may also access a copy of this source code at: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/

Export Regulations

By downloading or installing Fedora software, you acknowledge that you understand all of the following: Fedora software and technical information may be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a) to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan & Syria); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection with the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may not download Fedora software or technical information if you are located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not provide Fedora software or technical information to individuals or entities located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements applicable to the import, export and use of Fedora software and technical information.


Legacy License Agreements

NOTE: In the past, Fedora used the acronym "EULA," for End User License Agreement, to inform people using the Fedora operating system about their rights and responsibilities. However, that term is misleading because any end user can easily be a redistributor of the Fedora operating system, because of the way that free and open source software work.