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diff --git a/src/core/doc/src/qwebengine-licensing.qdoc b/src/core/doc/src/qwebengine-licensing.qdoc index 2b1bd2845..936ceff97 100644 --- a/src/core/doc/src/qwebengine-licensing.qdoc +++ b/src/core/doc/src/qwebengine-licensing.qdoc @@ -5,20 +5,54 @@ \group qtwebengine-licensing \title Qt WebEngine Licensing -The Qt specific parts of the \QWE module are dual-licensed -under Commercial and GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv3). -In addition, the module contains code licensed under LGPLv2. +The \QWE module uses Chromium to provide most of its +functionality. During the build process, Chromium becomes +a part of the \l{Qt WebEngine Core} library. +Therefore, when distributing \QWE, users need to comply +to both the licenses of the \QWE part as developed under +the Qt Project, as well as the licenses that are part of +Chromium. -The module includes a snapshot of Chromium. As such, users need to -respect the licenses of Chromium, and third-party code included in -Chromium. The arguably most restrictive license to be respected by -all users is LGPLv2.1. +The Qt specific parts of the \QWE module are available under +commercial licenses from The Qt Company. Alternatively, +they are available under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0, +or GNU General Public License v3.0, or +GNU General Public License v2.0. -Third party licenses included in the sources are: +The Chromium part contains code available under various +licenses, with the most restrictive license being the +\e{GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1} (LGPL 2.1). +For a full list, see \l{Third-Party Licenses} below. + +\section1 Complying with LGPL 2.1 + +The Qt Company allows commercial customers to +distribute the source code of the \QWE module alongside the +\QWE binaries, and allows recipients to customize and build +\QWE from sources. This includes building and using +such a modified \QWE with an application or system using +an otherwise commercially licensed Qt. + +The Qt Company also keeps the Qt specific parts of the \QWE +module available under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0, +or the GNU General Public License v3.0, or +the GNU General Public License v2.0, even if WebEngine is released +as part of a commercial-only Long-Term Support release (LTS, see +also \l{Long-Term Support releases}). + +\section1 Third-Party Licenses + +Third party licenses included in the sources as part of Chromium +are found below. + +\note Any GPL licenses listed below are only used to access Linux system +resources. The \QWE libraries and plugins does not link to nor distribute +GPL binary code, and it does not affect users of \QWE. */ /*! -\page qtwebengine-3rdparty-chromium-global.html attribution +\page qtwebengine-3rdparty-chromium-global.html +\attribution \ingroup qtwebengine-licensing \title Chromium License \brief BSD |