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====== Licensing ====== | ====== Licensing ====== | ||
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+ | iPXE is [[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html|free software]]. You are free to run iPXE for any purpose, to [[http://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git|study how iPXE works]] and change it to suit your needs, and to redistribute copies of iPXE in accordance with the licence. | ||
The majority of iPXE is licensed under the [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-standalone.html|GNU GPL version 2]] (or, at your option, any later version). For historical reasons, some portions of the code are licensed under GPL-compatible licences such as the two-clause BSD licence. | The majority of iPXE is licensed under the [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-standalone.html|GNU GPL version 2]] (or, at your option, any later version). For historical reasons, some portions of the code are licensed under GPL-compatible licences such as the two-clause BSD licence. |