From 129c517abe357d4bcb44687faa2607bea809a690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Kohlmeyer Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 16:09:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] link to copy of GPLv2 inside of LAMMPS distribution --- doc/src/Intro_opensource.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/Intro_opensource.rst b/doc/src/Intro_opensource.rst index 967656407a..635982fd18 100644 --- a/doc/src/Intro_opensource.rst +++ b/doc/src/Intro_opensource.rst @@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ LAMMPS open-source license -------------------------- LAMMPS is a freely-available open-source code, distributed under the -terms of the `GNU Public License Version 2 `_, which means you can +terms of the `GNU Public License Version 2 `_, which means you can use or modify the code however you wish for your own purposes, but have to adhere to certain rules when redistributing it or software derived from it or that includes parts of it. LAMMPS comes with no warranty of any kind. As each source file states in its header, it is a copyrighted code that is distributed free-of- -charge, under the terms of the `GNU Public License Version 2 `_ +charge, under the terms of the `GNU Public License Version 2 `_ (GPLv2). This is often referred to as open-source distribution - see `www.gnu.org `_ or `www.opensource.org `_. The legal text of the GPL is in the LICENSE file included in the LAMMPS distribution. -.. _gnu: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html +.. _gpl: https://github.com/lammps/lammps/blob/master/LICENSE .. _gnuorg: http://www.gnu.org