COPYING

              This is the KVIrc IRC Client license.

   This program is FREE software. You can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
   of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   This program is distributed in the HOPE that it will be USEFUL,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
   See the GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

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The full verbatim copy of the GPLv2 can be found in the file LICENSE-GPLV2.
The KVIrc License contains all the GPL terms and conditions and adds a special
exception (see "OpenSSL Exception" below) to the distribution limitations.

Note that the GPL is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation,
but the instance of code that it refers to is copyrighted by
Szymon Stefanek and members of 
the KVIrc Development Team as well as other independent contributors.

The source code for all versions of KVIrc is available at 
http://www.kvirc.net and https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc

Have fun!
Szymon Stefanek :)

                       _OpenSSL Exception_

0. Definitions

"KVIrc" means KVIrc software licensed under version 2 or any later
version of the GNU General Public License (collectively, "GPL"), or a
work based on such software and licensed under the GPL.

"OpenSSL" means OpenSSL toolkit software distributed by the OpenSSL
Project and licensed under the OpenSSL Licenses, or a work based on such
software and licensed under the OpenSSL Licenses.

"OpenSSL Licenses" means the OpenSSL License and Original SSLeay License
under which the OpenSSL Project distributes the OpenSSL toolkit software,
as those licenses appear in the file LICENSE-OPENSSL.

1. Exception

You have permission to copy, modify, propagate, and distribute a work
formed by combining OpenSSL with KVIrc, or a work derivative of such a
combination, even if such copying, modification, propagation, or
distribution would otherwise violate the terms of the GPL. You must
comply with the GPL in all respects for all of the code used other than
OpenSSL.

You may include this OpenSSL Exception and its grant of permissions when
you distribute KVIrc. Inclusion of this notice with such a
distribution constitutes a grant of such permission. If you do not wish
to grant these permissions, remove this section entitled "OpenSSL
Exception" from your distribution.