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Wing IDE incorporates the following open source technologies, most of which are under OSI Certified Open Source licenses except as indicated in the footnotes:

  • Crystal Clear -- An icon set by Everaldo -- LGPL v. 2.1 [1]
  • docutils -- reStructuredText markup processing by David Goodger and contributors-- Public Domain [2]
  • parsetools -- Python parse tree conversion tools by John Ehresman -- MIT License
  • pexpect -- Sub-process control library by Noah Spurrier, Richard Holden, Marco Molteni, Kimberley Burchett, Robert Stone, Hartmut Goebel, Chad Schroeder, Erick Tryzelaar, Dave Kirby, Ids vander Molen, George Todd, Noel Taylor, Nicolas D. Cesar, Alexander Gattin, Geoffrey Marshall, Francisco Lourenco, Glen Mabey, Karthik Gurusamy, and Fernando Perez -- MIT License
  • py2pdf -- Python source to PDF output converter by Dinu Gherman -- MIT License
  • PySide -- Python bindings for Qt by Nokia and contributors -- LGPL v. 2.1 [1]
  • pysqlite -- Python bindings for sqlite by Gerhard Haering -- BSD-like custom license [4]
  • Python -- The Python programming language by Guido van Rossum, PythonLabs, and many contributors -- Python Software Foundation License version 2 [3]
  • Python Imaging Library -- Library for image manipulation with Python, written by Secret Labs AB and Fredrik Lundh -- MIT License
  • Qt -- Graphical user interface toolkit by many contributors and Digia -- LGPL v. 2.1 [1] [6]
  • scintilla -- Source code editor component by Neil Hodgson and contributors -- MIT License
  • sqlite -- A self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine -- Public domain [5]
  • Tulliana-1.0 -- An icon set by M. Umut Pulat, based on Nuvola created by David Vignoni -- LGPL v. 2.1 [1]
  • A few stock icons from the GTK GUI development framework -- LGPL v. 2.1 [1]

Notes

[1] The LGPL requires us to redistribute the source code for all libraries linked into Wing IDE. All of these modules are readily available on the internet. In some cases we may have modifications that have not yet been incorporated into the official versions; if you wish to obtain a copy of our version of the sources of any of these modules, please email us at info at wingware.com.

[2] Docutils contains a few parts under other licenses (BSD, Python 2.1, Python 2.2, Python 2.3, and GPL). See the COPYING.txt file in the source distribution for details.

[3] The Python Software Foundation License version 2 is an OSI Approved Open Source license. It consists of a stack of licenses that also include other licenses that apply to older parts of the Python code base. All of these are included in the OSI Approved license: PSF License, BeOpen Python License, CNRI Python License, and CWI Python License. The intellectual property rights for Python are managed by the Python Software Foundation.

[4] Not OSI Approved, but similar to other OSI approved licenses. The license grants anyone to use the software for any purpose, including commercial applications.

[5] The source code states the author has disclaimed copyright of the source code. The sqllite.org website states: "All of the deliverable code in SQLite has been dedicated to the public domain by the authors. All code authors, and representatives of the companies they work for, have signed affidavits dedicating their contributions to the public domain and originals of those signed affidavits are stored in a firesafe at the main offices of Hwaci. Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute the original SQLite code, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means."

[6] Qt is available under several licenses. The LGPL v. 2.1 version of the software was used for Wing IDE.

Scintilla Copyright

We are required by the license terms for Scintilla to include the following copyright notice in this documentation:

Copyright 1998-2003 by Neil Hodgson <neilh@scintilla.org>

All Rights Reserved

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation.

NEIL HODGSON DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL NEIL HODGSON BE LIABLE FOR ANY
SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE
OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Python Imaging Library Copyright

We are required by the license terms for Scintilla to include the following copyright notice in this documentation:

The Python Imaging Library (PIL) is

    Copyright © 1997-2011 by Secret Labs AB
    Copyright © 1995-2011 by Fredrik Lundh

By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its associated documentation, you agree
that you have read, understood, and will comply with the following terms and conditions:

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its associated documentation for
any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in
all copies, and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation, and that the name of Secret Labs AB or the author not be used in advertising or
publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.

SECRET LABS AB AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL SECRET LABS AB OR THE AUTHOR
BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING
FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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