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1OPYING file for VirtualBox versions 7.0 and later versions that include this
2file
3
4Preliminary notes:
5
61) The majority of the code in the VirtualBox base package is licensed under
7the GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPL). VirtualBox contains many
8components developed by Oracle and various third parties. The license for
9each component is located in the licensing documentation and/or in the
10component's source code.
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122) As an exception to the reciprocal license obligations of the GPL listed
13below, you may use any VirtualBox header file that is marked by Oracle as
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15License version 1.0 (CDDL) to invoke the unmodified VirtualBox libraries. In
16other words, calling such a multi-licensed interface by dynamically linking
17to the unmodified VirtualBox libraries is considered a normal use of
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233) Whoever creates or distributes a derived work based on VirtualBox is not
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581WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE
582ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.
583SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
584SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
585
58616. Limitation of Liability.
587
588IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
589ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE
590PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
591GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
592OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR
593DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR
594A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH
595HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
596
59717. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
598
599If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above
600cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, reviewing courts
601shall apply local law that most closely approximates an absolute waiver of
602all civil liability in connection with the Program, unless a warranty or
603assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in return for a
604fee.
605
606END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
607How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
608
609If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible
610use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software
611which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
612
613To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach
614them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the exclusion
615of warranty; and each file should have at least the "copyright" line and a
616pointer to where the full notice is found.
617
618 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
619 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
620
621 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
622 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
623 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
624 (at your option) any later version.
625
626 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
627 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
628 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
629 GNU General Public License for more details.
630
631 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
632 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
633
634Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
635
636If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like
637this when it starts in an interactive mode:
638
639 <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
640 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show
641w'.
642 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
643 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
644
645The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
646parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands might
647be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
648
649You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school, if
650any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary. For more
651information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
652<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
653
654The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
655into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
656consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
657library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General Public
658License instead of this License. But first, please read
659<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.
660
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662
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