zlib授權條款
自由軟體授權條款
zlib許可證是一個自由軟件授權許可證，它定義了 Zlib 軟件庫可以分發的條款。它也被許多其它免費軟件包使用。libpng庫使用相似的許可證，有時可互換稱為zilb/libpng許可證。
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| 作者 | Jean-loup Gailly和Mark Adler |
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| 版本 | 1.2.11 |
| 發布者 | Jean-loup Gailly和Mark Adler |
| 發布日期 | 2017-01-15 |
| DFSG相容 | 是 |
| 自由軟件 | 是 |
| OSI認證 | 是 |
| GPL相容 | 是 |
| Copyleft | 不是 |
| 與不同授權條款代碼連結 | 是 |
zlib許可證已被自由軟件基金會（FSF）批准為自由軟件許可證，[1]也被開源計劃（OSI）批准為開源許可證[2]。它與GNU通用公共許可證兼容。[1]類似於BSD許可，除了必須註明來源，還應在發布的軟件中保留此授權協議的副本。
條款
編輯這個許可證只有以下幾點要說明：
- 軟件按「原版」使用。作者對因使用而造成的任何損害不承擔任何責任。
- 軟件修改版本的分發受以下限制：
- 不得歪曲源軟件的作者身份，
- 不得將更改的版本歪曲為原創軟件，並且
- 不得從源發行版中刪除許可聲明。
如果分發二進制代碼，許可證不需要提供源代碼。
文檔
編輯許可條款如下：
Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
- The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
- Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
- This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
注釋
編輯- ^ 1.0 1.1 Various Licenses and Comments about Them. [2007-06-17]. （原始內容存檔於2010-02-08）.
License of ZLib [...] is a free software license, and compatible with the GPL.
- ^ The zlib/libpng License (Zlib). [2013-01-16]. （原始內容存檔於2021-07-29）.