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Because there are no restrictions on what the software can be used for, open source licenses are not EULAs (End User License Agreements). There is no need to present them to users for their 'acceptance', and Firefox OS does not do so. For code under some open source licenses (e.g. the MPL), it is acceptable for you to license binaries you have compiled yourself under different terms, and so it is legal for you to impose a EULA of your own on the use of those binaries. However, that EULA cannot abrogate or restrict any rights the user may have, e.g. to source code, which are guaranteed by the terms of those open source licenses. | Because there are no restrictions on what the software can be used for, open source licenses are not EULAs (End User License Agreements). There is no need to present them to users for their 'acceptance', and Firefox OS does not do so. For code under some open source licenses (e.g. the MPL), it is acceptable for you to license binaries you have compiled yourself under different terms, and so it is legal for you to impose a EULA of your own on the use of those binaries. However, that EULA cannot abrogate or restrict any rights the user may have, e.g. to source code, which are guaranteed by the terms of those open source licenses. | ||
==Licenses== | ==Open Source Licenses== | ||
With all of that in mind, the following licenses cover code included somewhere in Firefox OS: | With all of that in mind, the following open source licenses cover code included somewhere in Firefox OS: | ||
* [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/ Mozilla Public License 2.0] - the main license for Gecko | * [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/ Mozilla Public License 2.0] - the main license for Gecko | ||
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You should consult your lawyers regarding the interpretation of such clauses and what effect, if any, they should have on the advertising strategy of you or your partners or distributors. | You should consult your lawyers regarding the interpretation of such clauses and what effect, if any, they should have on the advertising strategy of you or your partners or distributors. | ||
==Proprietary Licences== | |||
All source code which is part of the Boot2Gecko project is open source. However, in order to ship a device, may need to acquire and ship e.g. proprietary hardware drivers supplied by the chipset manufacturer of your hardware. Compliance with such licenses is out of scope for this page. | |||
==How Do I Comply With These Licenses?== | ==How Do I Comply With These Licenses?== | ||