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+ This file summarize licensing information for parts of Arduino. Anyway,
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+ this is just a recap and doesn't replace the licensing for each part
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+ of Arduino, please **always check directly the source code for the
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+ correct and updated license information**.
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+ - The Arduino IDE is a Java app that is contained in the folders `app`
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+ and `arduino-core`. This app is a fork of Processing and is released
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+ under the GPL-2.0 license.
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+ - The Arduino Core for AVR microcontrollers is an embedded-C framework,
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+ the source code is in the `hardware/arduino/avr` folder and is released
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+ under the LGPL-2.1 license unless otherwise specified.
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+ - The Arduino Libraries are embedded-C libraries to be used in
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+ microcontrollers, the source code is in the `libraries` folder they are
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+ released under various license: LGPL-2.1, Apache-2.0, BSD-3-clause, MIT2
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+ Please refer to the source code of each library for the correct license.
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+ - The Arduino Examples, contained in the `build/shared/examples` folder
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+ are released in the public-domain.
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- this file includes licensing information for parts of arduino.
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- first, the gnu general public license, which covers the main body
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- of the processing/arduino code (in general, all the stuff inside the 'app'
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- and 'core' subfolders).
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- next, the gnu lesser general public license that covers the arduino core
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- and libraries.
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Version 2, June 1991
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