Change noVNC license to from LGPLv3 to MPL 2.0

The MPL 2.0 license is a "file-level" copyleft license vs the
"project-level" nature of the L/GPL. The intention of noVNC has
always been that it should be easy to incorporate into existing
projects and sites whether free/open or proprietary/commercial. The MPL
2.0 is designed for this sort of combination project but still
requires that any distributed modifications to noVNC source files must
also be published under the same license.

In addition, the MPL 2.0 allows the code to be used in L/GPL projects
(the secondary license clause). This means that any projects that are
already incorporating noVNC should not be impacted by this change and
in fact it should clarify the licensing situation (the exact
application of the L/GPL to web applications and interpreted code is
somewhat ambiguous).

The HTML, CSS, image and font files continue to be under more
permissive licenses (see LICENSE.txt). The included websockify python
code remains under a LGPLv3 license although the include/websock.js
file from the websockify component is now under MPL 2.0 as well.

Permission was received from other noVNC authors to make this change to their
code license on the following dates:

    - Chris Gordon (UI): Jun 24, 2012
    - Antoine Mercadal (DOM,*util.js): Oct 10, 2012
    - William Lightning (UltraVNC repeater): Oct 10, 2012
    - Mike Tinglof (tight encoding): Oct 15, 2012

LICENSE.txt

 noVNC is Copyright (C) 2011 Joel Martin <github@martintribe.org>
 
-The noVNC core library is licensed under the LGPLv3 (GNU Lesser
-General Public License). The noVNC core library is composed of the
+The noVNC core library files are licensed under the MPL 2.0 (Mozilla
+Public License 2.0). The noVNC core library is composed of the
 Javascript code necessary for full noVNC operation. This includes (but
 is not limited to):
 
@@ -36,21 +36,15 @@ The HTML, CSS, font and image files are licensed as follows:
     images/                    : Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
                                  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
 
-In addition the following file, which is part of the noVNC core
-library, may be licensed under either the LGPL-2, LGPL-3 or MPL 2.0
-when it used separately from the noVNC core library.
-
-    include/input.js           : LGPL-2 or any later version
-   
 Some portions of noVNC are copyright to their individual authors.
 Please refer to the individual source files and/or to the noVNC commit
 history: https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/commits/master
 
 The are several files and projects that have been incorporated into
 the noVNC core library. Here is a list of those files and the original
-licenses (all LGPL-3 compatible):
+licenses (all MPL 2.0 compatible):
 
-    include/base64.js          : MPL 1.1, GPL-2 or LGPL-2.1
+    include/base64.js          : MPL 2.0
    
     include/des.js             : Various BSD style licenses
 
@@ -62,21 +56,26 @@ licenses (all LGPL-3 compatible):
     include/chrome-app/tcp-stream.js
                                : Apache 2.0 license
 
+    utils/websockify
+    utils/websocket.py         : LGPL 3
+
 The following license texts are included:
 
+    docs/LICENSE.MPL-2.0
     docs/LICENSE.LGPL-3 and
     docs/LICENSE.GPL-3
     docs/LICENSE.OFL-1.1
     docs/LICENSE.BSD-3-Clause (New BSD)
     docs/LICENSE.BSD-2-Clause (Simplified BSD / FreeBSD)
     docs/LICENSE.zlib
-    docs/LICENSE.MPL-2.0
     docs/LICENSE.Apache-2.0
 
 Or alternatively the license texts may be found here:
 
+    http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html and
     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
     http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
-    http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/1.1/
-    http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
+    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses
+    http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_license.html
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

README.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Nets](http://www.nothingbutnets.net/), etc.
 * Clipboard copy/paste
 * Clipping or scolling modes for large remote screens
 * Easy site integration and theming (3 example themes included)
-* Licensed under the [LGPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+* Licensed under the [MPL 2.0](http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/)
 
 ### Screenshots
 

debian/copyright

@@ -2,35 +2,36 @@ Upstream Project: https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/
 
 --------------------- Original LICENSE.txt ---------------------------
 
-noVNC is Copyright (C) 2011 Joel Martin <github@martintribe.org>
+noVNC is Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin <github@martintribe.org>
 
 Some portions of noVNC are copyright to their individual authors.
 Please refer to the individual source files and/or to the noVNC commit
 history: https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/commits/master
 
-noVNC is licensed under the LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License)
-version 3 with the following exceptions:
+noVNC is licensed under the MPL 2.0 (Mozilla Public License) with the
+following exceptions:
 
-    include/input.js           : LGPL-2 or any later version
-   
-    include/base64.js          : Dual GPL-2 or LGPL-2.1
-   
-    incluee/des.js             : Various BSD style licenses
+    *.html, *.css              : 2-Clause BSD license
 
-    include/web-socket-js/     : New BSD license. Source code at
-                                 http://github.com/gimite/web-socket-js
+    include/Orbitron*          : SIL Open Font License 1.1
+                                 (Copyright 2009 Matt McInerney)
 
     images/                    : Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
                                  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
-                                 Uses of the work must be attributed
-                                 to the noVNC project.
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    include/base64.js          : MPL 2.0
+   
+    include/des.js             : Various BSD style licenses
 
-The LGPL-3 license text is located at:
-    /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-3 and
-    /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3
+    include/jsunzip.js         : zlib/libpng license
+
+    include/web-socket-js/     : New BSD license (3-clause). Source code at
+                                 http://github.com/gimite/web-socket-js
+
+    include/chrome-app/tcp-stream.js
+                               : Apache 2.0 license
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Or alternatively the LGPL-3 license text may be found here:
-    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html and
-    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+The MPL-2.0 license text may be found here:
+    http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/

include/base.css

 /*
  * noVNC base CSS
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * noVNC is licensed under the LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * noVNC is licensed under the MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  * This file is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD license (see LICENSE.txt).
  */
 

include/black.css

 /*
- * noVNC base CSS
+ * noVNC black CSS
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * noVNC is licensed under the LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * noVNC is licensed under the MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  * This file is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD license (see LICENSE.txt).
  */
 

include/blue.css

 /*
- * noVNC base CSS
+ * noVNC blue CSS
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * noVNC is licensed under the LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * noVNC is licensed under the MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  * This file is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD license (see LICENSE.txt).
  */
 

include/display.js

 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  *
  * See README.md for usage and integration instructions.
  */

include/input.js

 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-2 or any later version (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 or any later version (see LICENSE.txt)
  */
 
 /*jslint browser: true, white: false, bitwise: false */

include/playback.js

 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.LGPL-3)
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  */
 
 "use strict";

include/rfb.js

 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  *
  * See README.md for usage and integration instructions.
  *

include/ui.js

 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  *
  * See README.md for usage and integration instructions.
  */

include/util.js

 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  *
  * See README.md for usage and integration instructions.
  */

include/vnc.js

 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  *
  * See README.md for usage and integration instructions.
  */

include/websock.js

 /*
  * Websock: high-performance binary WebSockets
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  *
  * Websock is similar to the standard WebSocket object but Websock
  * enables communication with raw TCP sockets (i.e. the binary stream)

include/webutil.js

 /*
  * noVNC: HTML5 VNC client
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  *
  * See README.md for usage and integration instructions.
  */

tests/arrays.js

 /*
  * Javascript binary array performance tests
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
+ * Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
  */
 
 var ctx, i, j, randlist,

utils/img2js.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # Convert image to Javascript compatible base64 Data URI
 # Copyright 2011 Joel Martin
-# Licensed under LGPL version 3 (see docs/LICENSE.LGPL-3)
+# Licensed under MPL 2.0 (see docs/LICENSE.MPL-2.0)
 #
 
 import sys, base64

utils/json2graph.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '''
 Use matplotlib to generate performance charts
 Copyright 2011 Joel Martin
-Licensed under GPL version 3 (see docs/LICENSE.GPL-3)
+Licensed under MPL-2.0 (see docs/LICENSE.MPL-2.0)
 '''
 
 # a bar plot with errorbars

utils/rebind.c

 /*
  * rebind: Intercept bind calls and bind to a different port
  * Copyright 2010 Joel Martin
- * Licensed under LGPL version 3 (see docs/LICENSE.LGPL-3)
+ * Licensed under MPL-2.0 (see docs/LICENSE.MPL-2.0)
  *
  * Overload (LD_PRELOAD) bind system call. If REBIND_PORT_OLD and
  * REBIND_PORT_NEW environment variables are set then bind on the new

vnc.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <!--
     noVNC example: simple example using default UI
     Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
-    noVNC is licensed under the LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+    noVNC is licensed under the MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
     This file is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD license (see LICENSE.txt).
     -->
     <title>noVNC</title>

vnc_auto.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <!-- 
     noVNC example: simple example using default UI
     Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
-    noVNC is licensed under the LGPL-3 (see LICENSE.txt)
+    noVNC is licensed under the MPL 2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
     This file is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD license (see LICENSE.txt).
 
     Connect parameters are provided in query string: