Sorry James, i missread/misunderstood your OP...
jameshale wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:28 pm
The line I quoted is from the current EULA for licensed i.e commercial versions (not GPL) of LC.
There is no indication as to which open source license is meant.
I get the impression that they (LC) meant to have a link on their page here but omitted it.
I have asked support but have not heard back.
I never noticed that before, so i looked it up (found it under the Help menu -> licence agreement)
The relevant text is below (emphasis mine):
APPENDIX A - Required Copyright Notice
You must include the following copyright notice where other such notices appear. In the event that such other notices do not appear in the Created Software, this notice must be placed in a reasonable location.
Built with LiveCode. Portions Copyright (C) 2000-2021 LiveCode Ltd, All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
In common with many other platforms the LiveCode Software uses open source software to deliver some functionality. You must also include the file "Open Source Licenses.txt" within any created software. This may be included within your About screen, as a file within the folder structure of a desktop app or in another accessible location.
We would like you to include the LiveCode Ltd logo, as per the terms set on our website. However, unlike the Copyright notices above, you are not required to include the logo.
Edited response: On re-reading this, you are entirely right, LiveCode has included opensource components in their IDE and they therefore include a licence file for these, and this needs to be included in any software created.
In LiveCode, the text of the file "Open Source Licenses.txt" appears in the 'About' window, in the 'legal' section.
The
actual file is located within the app bundle on Mac at:
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/<app bundle>/Contents/Tools/Open Source Licenses.txt
I presume it's in equivalent locations on other platforms.
Admittedly NOT the easiest file to find. Also, as an interesting side note, the slow scrolling of the About window's text means that no one will actually read the entire file, it was interesting to see how many and which components were FOSS.
My copy is attached...
