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This is the license which applies to OpenTTD with the exception of some
 
3rd party modules. See README.md for details
 
3rd party modules. See [./README.md](./README.md) for details
 

	
 

	
 
                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
 
                       Version 2, June 1991
 
GNU General Public License
 
==========================
 

	
 
 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 
 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 
 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
 
 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
_Version 2, June 1991_
 
_Copyright © 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,_
 
_51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA_
 

	
 
                            Preamble
 
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
 
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 

	
 
  The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
 
### Preamble
 

	
 
The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
 
freedom to share and change it.  By contrast, the GNU General Public
 
License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
 
software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.  This
 
@@ -22,48 +23,47 @@ using it.  (Some other Free Software Fou
 
the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.)  You can apply it to
 
your programs, too.
 

	
 
  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
 
When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
 
price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
 
have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
 
this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
 
if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
 
in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
 

	
 
  To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
 
To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
 
anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
 
These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
 
distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
 

	
 
  For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
 
For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
 
gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
 
you have.  You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
 
source code.  And you must show them these terms so they know their
 
rights.
 

	
 
  We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
 
(2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
 
We protect your rights with two steps: **(1)** copyright the software, and
 
**(2)** offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
 
distribute and/or modify the software.
 

	
 
  Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
 
Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
 
that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
 
software.  If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we
 
want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so
 
that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original
 
authors' reputations.
 

	
 
  Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
 
Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
 
patents.  We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free
 
program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
 
program proprietary.  To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
 
patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
 

	
 
  The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
 
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
 
modification follow.
 

	
 
                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
 
   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
 
### TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
 

	
 
  0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
 
**0.** This License applies to any program or other work which contains
 
a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
 
under the terms of this General Public License.  The "Program", below,
 
refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ is covered only if its contents constitu
 
Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
 
Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
 

	
 
  1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
 
**1.** You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
 
source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
 
conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
 
copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
 
@@ -91,29 +91,27 @@ along with the Program.
 
You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and
 
you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
 

	
 
  2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
 
**2.** You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
 
of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
 
distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
 
above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
 

	
 
    a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
 
    stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
 

	
 
    b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
 
    whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
 
    part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
 
    parties under the terms of this License.
 

	
 
    c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
 
    when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
 
    interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
 
    announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a
 
    notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
 
    a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
 
    these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
 
    License.  (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
 
    does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
 
    the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
 
* **a)** You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
 
stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
 
* **b)** You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
 
whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
 
part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
 
parties under the terms of this License.
 
* **c)** If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
 
when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
 
interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
 
announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a
 
notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
 
a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
 
these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
 
License.  (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
 
does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
 
the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
 

	
 
These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.  If
 
identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
 
@@ -135,26 +133,24 @@ with the Program (or with a work based o
 
a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under
 
the scope of this License.
 

	
 
  3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
 
**3.** You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
 
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
 
Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
 

	
 
    a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
 
    source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
 
    1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
 

	
 
    b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
 
    years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
 
    cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
 
    machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
 
    distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
 
    customarily used for software interchange; or,
 

	
 
    c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
 
    to distribute corresponding source code.  (This alternative is
 
    allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
 
    received the program in object code or executable form with such
 
    an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
 
* **a)** Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
 
source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
 
1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
 
* **b)** Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
 
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
 
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
 
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
 
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
 
customarily used for software interchange; or,
 
* **c)** Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
 
to distribute corresponding source code.  (This alternative is
 
allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
 
received the program in object code or executable form with such
 
an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
 

	
 
The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
 
making modifications to it.  For an executable work, complete source
 
@@ -173,7 +169,7 @@ access to copy the source code from the 
 
distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
 
compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
 

	
 
  4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
 
**4.** You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
 
except as expressly provided under this License.  Any attempt
 
otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is
 
void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License.
 
@@ -181,7 +177,7 @@ However, parties who have received copie
 
this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such
 
parties remain in full compliance.
 

	
 
  5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
 
**5.** You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
 
signed it.  However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
 
distribute the Program or its derivative works.  These actions are
 
prohibited by law if you do not accept this License.  Therefore, by
 
@@ -190,7 +186,7 @@ Program), you indicate your acceptance o
 
all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
 
the Program or works based on it.
 

	
 
  6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
 
**6.** Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
 
Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
 
original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
 
these terms and conditions.  You may not impose any further
 
@@ -198,7 +194,7 @@ restrictions on the recipients' exercise
 
You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
 
this License.
 

	
 
  7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
 
**7.** If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
 
infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
 
conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
 
otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
 
@@ -230,7 +226,7 @@ impose that choice.
 
This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
 
be a consequence of the rest of this License.
 

	
 
  8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
 
**8.** If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
 
certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
 
original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
 
may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
 
@@ -238,7 +234,7 @@ those countries, so that distribution is
 
countries not thus excluded.  In such case, this License incorporates
 
the limitation as if written in the body of this License.
 

	
 
  9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
 
**9.** The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
 
of the General Public License from time to time.  Such new versions will
 
be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
 
address new problems or concerns.
 
@@ -251,7 +247,7 @@ Software Foundation.  If the Program doe
 
this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
 
Foundation.
 

	
 
  10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
 
**10.** If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
 
programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author
 
to ask for permission.  For software which is copyrighted by the Free
 
Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
 
@@ -259,9 +255,9 @@ make exceptions for this.  Our decision 
 
of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
 
of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
 

	
 
                            NO WARRANTY
 
### NO WARRANTY
 

	
 
  11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
 
**11.** BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
 
FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
 
OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
 
PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
 
@@ -271,7 +267,7 @@ TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PR
 
PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
 
REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
 

	
 
  12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
 
**12.** IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
 
WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
 
REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
 
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
 
@@ -281,15 +277,15 @@ YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE
 
PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
 
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
 

	
 
                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 

	
 
            How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
 
### How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
 

	
 
  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
 
If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
 
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
 
free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
 

	
 
  To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
 
To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
 
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
 
convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
 
the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
 
@@ -321,20 +317,20 @@ when it starts in an interactive mode:
 
    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
 
    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
 

	
 
The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
 
The hypothetical commands `show w` and `show c` should show the appropriate
 
parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
 
be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
 
be called something other than `show w` and `show c`; they could even be
 
mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
 

	
 
You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
 
school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
 
necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
 

	
 
  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
 
  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
 
    Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
 
    `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
 

	
 
  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
 
  Ty Coon, President of Vice
 
    <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
 
    Ty Coon, President of Vice
 

	
 
This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
 
proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
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