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/*! \page license QuantLib License
\verbinclude LICENSE.TXT
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\section licensecomments Comments on Copyright and License
%QuantLib is Non-Copylefted Free Software [1] released under the modified BSD
License [2] (also know as XFree86-style license).
%QuantLib is Open Source [3] because of its license: it is OSI Certified Open
Source Software [4]. OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source
Initiative [5].
The modified BSD License is GPL compatible as confirmed by the Free Software
Foundation [6].
This license has been adopted to allow free use of %QuantLib and its source, to
make %QuantLib flourish as a free-software/open-source project. It allows
proprietary extensions to be commercialized.
[1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#Non-CopyleftedFreeSoftware<br>
[2] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html<br>
[3] http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.html<br>
[4] http://www.opensource.org/docs/certification_mark.html<br>
[5] http://www.opensource.org<br>
[6] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html
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