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cmaglie committed Apr 19, 2017
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This file summarize licensing information for parts of Arduino. Anyway,
this is just a recap and doesn't replace the licensing for each part
of Arduino, please **always check directly the source code for the
correct and updated license information**.

- The Arduino IDE is a Java app that is contained in the folders `app`
and `arduino-core`. This app is a fork of Processing and is released
under the GPL-2.0 license.

- The Arduino Core for AVR microcontrollers is an embedded-C framework,
the source code is in the `hardware/arduino/avr` folder and is released
under the LGPL-2.1 license unless otherwise specified.

- The Arduino Libraries are embedded-C libraries to be used in
microcontrollers, the source code is in the `libraries` folder they are
released under various license: LGPL-2.1, Apache-2.0, BSD-3-clause, MIT2
Please refer to the source code of each library for the correct license.

- The Arduino Examples, contained in the `build/shared/examples` folder
are released in the public-domain.

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this file includes licensing information for parts of arduino.

first, the gnu general public license, which covers the main body
of the processing/arduino code (in general, all the stuff inside the 'app'
and 'core' subfolders).

next, the gnu lesser general public license that covers the arduino core
and libraries.


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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
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