General Public License; Preamble - Qlogic 5800V Series Installation Manual

Preface

General Public License

General Public License
QLogic Fibre Channel switches are powered by the Linux operating system. A
machine-readable copy of the Linux source code is available upon written request
to the following address. A nominal fee will be charged for reproduction, shipping,
and handling costs in accordance with the General Public License.
QLogic Corporation
4601 Dean Lakes Boulevard
Shakopee, MN 55379
Attention: Technical Support - Source Request
Warning: Installation of software or files not authorized by QLogic will immediately
and irrevocably void all warranty and service contracts on the affected units.
The following general public license has been reproduced with permission from:
GNU General Public License
Version 2, June 1991
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA

Preamble

The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share
and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to
guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the
software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most of the
Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors
commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to your
programs, too.
When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our
General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to
distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you
receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software
or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these
things.
To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you
these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to
certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you
modify it.
For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a
fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure
that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these
terms so they know their rights.
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