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[Hugo]: https://gohugo.io [`ref` and `relref` shortcodes]: https://gohugo.io/content-management/cross-references/ [Markdown Render Hooks]: https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration-markup#markdown-render-hooks -[Apache 2.0]: https://github.com/zoni/obsidian-export/blob/master/LICENSE-APACHE -[MIT]: https://github.com/zoni/obsidian-export/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT +[BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License]: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause-Patent.html +[LICENSE]: LICENSE [slug]: https://crates.io/crates/slug [arbitrary blocks]: https://publish.obsidian.md/help/How+to/Link+to+blocks [gitchangelog]: https://github.com/vaab/gitchangelog diff --git a/docs/license.md b/docs/license.md index 3eefbfc..5c56f4f 100644 --- a/docs/license.md +++ b/docs/license.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ # License -Obsidian-export is dual-licensed under the [Apache 2.0] and the [MIT] licenses. +Obsidian-export is open-source software released under the [BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License]. +This license is designed to provide: a) a simple permissive license; b) that is compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2; and c) which also has an express patent grant included. -Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in this project by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. +Please review the [LICENSE] file for the full text of the license. -[Apache 2.0]: https://github.com/zoni/obsidian-export/blob/master/LICENSE-APACHE -[MIT]: https://github.com/zoni/obsidian-export/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT +[BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License]: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause-Patent.html +[LICENSE]: LICENSE