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The decision to include the TTL library make KiCad a derivative work under the terms of the AGPL version 3 or later license. Add both the GPL3 and AGPL3 license text files and add a readme file about the KiCad licensing. Contributing to KiCad still falls under the GPL3+ license. Fixes lp:1797095 https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1797095
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The majority of KiCad's source code is developed and distributed under the terms
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of the GPLv3 or later. However, It does include some third-party code licensed
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under AGPLv3 or later.
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Both licenses are compatible, but a combined works as is will be governed under
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the terms of the AGPLv3 (or later). This includes any binary distribution of the
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KiCad EDA suite by the KiCad project or any third party, e.g. Linux distributor.
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You are free to use the *sources* under the terms of their respective licenses.
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Licensed under AGPLv3 (or later):
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- TTL [https://www.sintef.no/projectweb/geometry-toolkits/ttl/], sources in include/ttl/*
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Licensed under GPLv3 (or later):
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