fritzing · RAPTOR7762 · Jun 2, 2025 · Jun 2, 2025 · Jun 2, 2025 · Jun 2, 2025
diff --git a/INSTALL.txt → INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.txt → INSTALL.md
@@ -19,21 +19,25 @@ using 7zip.
 To start Fritzing on Windows: Wait until unzipping is finished. Then open the destination folder and double-click fritzing.exe
 
 ## Notes on Linux
+
 To start Fritzing double-click Fritzing, or try ./Fritzing in your shell window
 
 Fritzing uses the Qt5 libraries. On Ubuntu, they can be installed like this:
 
-"sudo apt install libqt5printsupport5 libqt5xml5 libqt5sql5 libqt5serialport5 libqt5sql5-sqlite".
+    sudo apt install  libqt5printsupport5 libqt5xml5 libqt5sql5 libqt5serialport5 libqt5sql5-sqlite
 
 ## Notes on macOS
+
 To start Fritzing on macOS double-click the Fritzing application
 
 Recent versions of macOS do not allow "unverified" software to be launched directly. In order to run Fritzing, you will need to either:
 
-1a. right-click the Fritzing icon and select "Open"
-2a. in the warning dialog, click "Open"
-or, to get rid of the warning permanently:
-1b. go to the System Preferences
-2b. open the Security & Privacy page
-3b. unlock it by clicking the lock in the lower left corner
-4b. set it to allow app downloads from anywhere
+1. right-click the Fritzing icon and select "Open"
+2. in the warning dialog, click "Open" or, to get rid of the warning permanently:
+
+---
+
+1. go to the System Preferences
+2. open the Security & Privacy page
+3. unlock it by clicking the lock in the lower left corner
+4. set it to allow app downloads from anywhere
diff --git a/LICENSE.GPL3 → LICENSE b/LICENSE.GPL3 → LICENSE
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
-
- The Qt GUI Toolkit is Copyright (C) 2008 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
- Contact: Qt Software Information (qt-info@nokia.com)
-
- You may use, distribute and copy the Qt GUI Toolkit under the terms of
- GNU General Public License version 3, which is displayed below.
-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 3, 29 June 2007
 
- Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
+ Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <https://fsf.org/>
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
@@ -655,7 +645,7 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
     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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
 
@@ -674,23 +664,11 @@ might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
   You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
 if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
-<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
   The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
 into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you
 may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
 the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
 Public License instead of this License.  But first, please read
-<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.
-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-In addition, as a special exception, Trolltech gives permission to link the
-code of its release of Qt with the OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or
-modified versions of it that use the same license as the "OpenSSL"
-library), and distribute the linked executables. You must comply with the GNU
-General Public License version 2 or the GNU General Public License version 3
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-you modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the
-file, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so,
-delete this exception statement from your version of this file.
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.
diff --git a/LICENSE.CC-BY-SA b/LICENSE.CC-BY-SA
diff --git a/LICENSE.GPL2 b/LICENSE.GPL2
diff --git a/LICENSE_1_0.txt.BOOST → LICENSES/Boost-1.0.txt b/LICENSE_1_0.txt.BOOST → LICENSES/Boost-1.0.txt
diff --git a/LICENSES/CC-BY-3.0.txt b/LICENSES/CC-BY-3.0.txt
diff --git a/LICENSES/CC-BY-SA-3.0.txt b/LICENSES/CC-BY-SA-3.0.txt
diff --git a/LICENSES/LGPL-3.0.txt b/LICENSES/LGPL-3.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
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diff --git a/LICENSE.Modified_BSD → LICENSES/Modified-BSD.txt b/LICENSE.Modified_BSD → LICENSES/Modified-BSD.txt
diff --git a/LICENSES/OpenSSL.txt b/LICENSES/OpenSSL.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+OpenSSL License
+===============
+
+This toolkit is licensed under a dual license, both the OpenSSL License and the original SSLeay license. You must comply with both.
+
+OpenSSL License
+---------------
+
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+   for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)"
+
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+   endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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+
+This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).  
+This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
diff --git a/LICENSE.LGPLv3 → LICENSES/Qt-LGPL-3.0.txt b/LICENSE.LGPLv3 → LICENSES/Qt-LGPL-3.0.txt
diff --git a/LICENSES/SSLeay.txt b/LICENSES/SSLeay.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+Original SSLeay License
+=======================
+
+Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
+All rights reserved.
+
+This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
+The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscape's SSL.
+
+This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as
+the following conditions are adhered to. These conditions apply to all code
+found in this distribution, including RC4, RSA, lhash, DES, etc., not just the SSL code.
+The SSL documentation included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms,
+except that the holder is Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
+
+Copyright remains Eric Young's. Any copyright notices in
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+    Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)"
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+4. If you include any Windows-specific code (or a derivative thereof) from
+   the apps directory (application code), you must include an acknowledgement:
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ publish your works under the same license.  A credit can be as simple as "this i
 
 Lookup [our FAQs](http://fritzing.org/faq/) for more details on licensing.
 
+### Additional Licensing
+
+- Additional third-party components and dependencies are licensed under permissive or compatible terms.
+  See the [`LICENSES/`](./LICENSES) directory for full texts:
+  - Boost Software License 1.0
+  - LGPL 3.0 (used by Qt)
+  - Modified BSD License
+  - OpenSSL License and Original SSLeay License
+  - Creative Commons BY 3.0 and BY-SA 3.0 (for parts, docs, or assets)
+
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