Zlib License
 |
|
| Author | Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler |
|---|---|
| Latest version | 0.7 |
| Publisher | Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler |
| Published | 1995-04-15 |
| DFSG compatible | Yes |
| FSF approved | Yes |
| OSI approved | Yes |
| GPL compatible | Yes |
| Copyleft | No |
| Linking from code with a different license | Yes |
The zlib license is a permissive free software license which defines the terms under which the zlib software library can be distributed. It is also used by many other free software packages. The libpng library uses a similar license sometimes referred interchangeably as the zlib/libpng license.
The zlib license has been approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as a free software licence, and by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) as an open source license. It is compatible with the GNU General Public License.
The license only has the following points to be accounted for:
The license does not require source code to be made available if distributing binary code.
The license terms are as follows:
...
Wikipedia