PCRE2 Licence

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| SPDX-License-Identifier: | BSD-3-Clause WITH PCRE2-exception |

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PCRE2 is a library of functions to support regular expressions whose syntax

and semantics are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language.



Releases 10.00 and above of PCRE2 are distributed under the terms of the "BSD"

licence, as specified below, with one exemption for certain binary

redistributions. The documentation for PCRE2, supplied in the "doc" directory,

is distributed under the same terms as the software itself. The data in the

testdata directory is not copyrighted and is in the public domain.



The basic library functions are written in C and are freestanding. Also

included in the distribution is a just-in-time compiler that can be used to

optimize pattern matching. This is an optional feature that can be omitted when

the library is built. The just-in-time compiler is separately licensed under the

"2-clause BSD" licence.





COPYRIGHT

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### The basic library functions



    Written by:       Philip Hazel

    Email local part: Philip.Hazel

    Email domain:     gmail.com



    Retired from University of Cambridge Computing Service,

    Cambridge, England.



    Copyright (c) 1997-2007 University of Cambridge

    Copyright (c) 2007-2024 Philip Hazel

    All rights reserved.



### PCRE2 Just-In-Time compilation support



    Written by:       Zoltan Herczeg

    Email local part: hzmester

    Email domain:     freemail.hu



    Copyright (c) 2010-2024 Zoltan Herczeg

    All rights reserved.



### Stack-less Just-In-Time compiler



    Written by:       Zoltan Herczeg

    Email local part: hzmester

    Email domain:     freemail.hu



    Copyright (c) 2009-2024 Zoltan Herczeg

    All rights reserved.



The code in the `deps/sljit` directory has its own LICENSE file.



### All other contributions



Many other contributors have participated in the authorship of PCRE2. As PCRE2

has never required a Contributor Licensing Agreement, or other copyright

assignment agreement, all contributions have copyright retained by each

original contributor or their employer.





THE "BSD" LICENCE

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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:



* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notices,

  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.



* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright

  notices, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the

  documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.



* Neither the name of the University of Cambridge nor the names of any

  contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this

  software without specific prior written permission.



THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"

AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE

IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE

LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF

SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS

INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN

CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)

ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE

POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.





EXEMPTION FOR BINARY LIBRARY-LIKE PACKAGES

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The second condition in the BSD licence (covering binary redistributions) does

not apply all the way down a chain of software. If binary package A includes

PCRE2, it must respect the condition, but if package B is software that

includes package A, the condition is not imposed on package B unless it uses

PCRE2 independently.

