From 78f8b39b920726e6874a5892e17bf9231f7e9356 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 01:56:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add further clarification to the Nmap license summary in the new README.md --- README.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 13762587d5..68f6717650 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ Nmap [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/nmap/nmap.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/nmap/nmap) ==== -Nmap is released under a GPL-style license, the full text of which is available -in [the COPYING file](COPYING). +Nmap is released under a custom license, which is based on (but not compatible with) GPLv2. The Nmap license allows free usage by end users, and we also offer a commercial license for companies that wish to redistribute Nmap technology with their products. See [Nmap Copyright and Licensing][https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html] for full details. The latest version of this software as well as binary installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux (RPM) are available from https://nmap.org/