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/*!
\page license-changes.html
\title License Changes
\brief Information about changes of licenses in Qt and Third Party Modules
\ingroup licensing
Changes in Qt and \l{Licenses Used in Qt}{Third Party Modules}
released with Qt that are relevant to licensing.
\section1 Qt 5.15.1
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li \l{pcre2-sljit}{PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler} got updated to upstream version 10.35.
\endlist
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li Usage of \l{ANGLE: Khronos Headers} under MIT License is now documented.
\li \l{libjpeg}{LibJPEG-turbo} got updated to upstream version 2.0.5.
\endlist
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.32.3.
\section1 Qt 5.15.0
\section2 Qt 3D Module
\list
\li \l{Dear ImGui}{imgui} version v1.66b was added under MIT License.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li \l{unicode-character-database}{UCD} got updated to upstream revision 26.
\li The copy of the \l{psl}{The Public Suffix List} got updated on 2020-03-13.
\endlist
\section2 Qt DBUS Module
\l{libdbus-1-headers}{libdus-1 headers} got updated to upstream version 1.13.12
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li \l{libjpeg}{LibJPEG-turbo} got updated to upstream version 2.0.4.
\li Usage of \l{XCB-XInput} under MIT License is now documented.
\endlist
section2 Qt Image Formats
\l{libwebp}{WebP (libwebp)} got updated to upstream version 1.1.0.
\section2 Qt Location Module
\list
\li Use of \l{geosimplify-js polyline simplification library}{geosimplify.js} is now documented.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Quick3D Module
\list
\li Usage of \l{assimp}{Open Asset Import Library} got updated to upstream version 5.0.1.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Wayland Compositor
\list
\li \l{wayland-tablet-protocol}{Wayland Tablet Protocol} unstable v2, version 1 was added under the MIT License.
\li \l{wayland-xdg-decoration-protocol}{Wayland xdg-decoration Protocol} was updated to unstable v1, version 2
\li \l{wayland-xdg-shell-protocol}{Wayland XDG Shell Protocol} was updated to version 1.18
\li \l{wayland-text-input-unstable}{Wayland Text Input Protocol} was updated to unstable version v2
\li \l{wayland-linux-dmabuf-unstable-v1}{Wayland Linux Dmabuf Unstable V1 Protocol} was updated to unstable v1, version 3
\li \l{wayland-eglstream-controller}{Wayland EGLStream Controller Protocol} was updated to version 1.1.1
\endlist
\section2 Qt WebEngine Module
\list
\li Updated Chromium to 80.0.3987
\endlist
\section1 Qt 5.14.2
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\l{md4c}{MD4C} got updated to upstream version 0.4.3.
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.31.1.
\section1 Qt 5.14.1
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li \l{pcre2}{PCRE2} got updated to upstream version 10.34.
\li \l{pcre2-sljit}{PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler} got updated to upstream version 10.34.
\endlist
\section2 Qt QML Module
\e {LLVM: ADT} was removed from 3rd party sources and we are not bundling that library anymore.
\section1 Qt 5.14.0
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li \l{unicode-cldr}{Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)} got updated to
upstream version v36.
\li \l{doubleconversion}{Efficient Binary-Decimal and Decimal-Binary Conversion Routines for IEEE Doubles}
got updated to upstream version 3.1.5.
\li The copy of the \l{psl}{The Public Suffix List} got updated on 2019-10-23.
\endlist
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li \l{freetype}{Freetype 2} got updated to upstream version 2.10.1.
\li \l{libjpeg}{LibJPEG-turbo} got updated to upstream version 2.0.3.
\li \l{md4c}{MD4C} version 0.3.4 was added under MIT License.
\li \l{vulkanmemoryallocator}{Vulkan Memory Allocator} version 2.2.0 was added under MIT License.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Image Formats
\list
\l{libtiff} got updated to upstream version 4.1.0.
\endlist
\section2 Qt QML Module
\e {LLVM: ADT} was added under University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License.
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.30.1.
\section2 Qt Wayland Compositor
The compositor module is no longer available under the GPLv2 and LGPLv3
licenses, but is still available under GPLv3 and commercial licenses.
\list
\li The xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocol version 2 was added under the
MIT License.
\li The idle-inhibit-unstable-v1 protocol version 1 was added under the
MIT License.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Wayland QPA plugin
\list
\li The primary-selection-unstable-v1 protocol version 1 was added
under the MIT License.
\endlist
\section2 Qt WebEngine Module
\list
\li Updated Chromium to 77.0.3865
\endlist
\section1 Qt 5.13.2
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li \l{X Server helper} was added under X11 License and Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer license.
\li \l{aglfn}{Adobe Glyph List For New Fonts} version 1.7 was added under BSD 3-Clause \"New\" or \"Revised\" License.
\endlist
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.29.0.
\section1 Qt 5.13.1
\section2 Qt Core Module
\l{unicode-cldr}{Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)} got updated to
upstream version v35.1
\section2 Qt Image Formats
\l{libwebp}{WebP (libwebp)} got updated to upstream version 1.0.3.
\section1 Qt 5.13.0
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li The copy of the \l{psl}{The Public Suffix List} got updated on 2019-02-20.
The upstream license is now MPL 2.0.
\li \l{pcre2}{PCRE2} got updated to upstream version 10.33.
\li \l{pcre2-sljit}{PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler} got updated to upstream version 10.33.
\endlist
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.28.0.
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li \l{libjpeg}{LibJPEG-turbo} got updated to upstream version 2.0.2.
\li \l{libpng}{LibPNG} got updated to upstream version 1.6.37.
\endlist
\section2 Qt DBUS Module
The \l{libdbus-1-headers}{libdus-1 headers} got updated to upstream version 1.12.12.
\section2 Qt Wayland
\list
\li The fullscreen-shell-unstable-v1 version 1 was added under the MIT
License.
\li The linux-dmabuf-unstable-v1 protocol version 3 was added under the
MIT License.
\li The wayland protocol got updated to version 1.16.0.
\li The wl-scaler protocol version 2 was added under the MIT License.
\li The wp-viewporter protocol version 1 was added under the MIT
License.
\endlist
\section1 Qt 5.12.9
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.32.1.
\section1 Qt 5.12.6
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.29.0.
\section1 Qt 5.12.5
\section2 Qt GUI Module
Use of \l{aglfn}{Adobe Glyph List For New Fonts} under the \e{BSD-3-Clause}
license is now documented.
\section2 Qt Image Formats
\l{libwebp}{WebP (libwebp)} got updated to upstream version 1.0.3.
\section1 Qt 5.12.4
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\l{libpng}{LibPNG} got updated to upstream version 1.6.37.
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li \l{pcre2}{PCRE2} got updated to upstream version 10.33
\li \l{pcre2-sljit}{PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler} got updated to
upstream version 10.33
\li \l{unicode-cldr}{Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)} got updated to
upstream version v35.1
\endlist
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.28.0.
\section1 Qt 5.12.3
\section2 Qt GUI Module
The license of \l{wintab}{Wintab API} was now classified as 'Custom' instead of
'Public Domain'.
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.27.1.
\section1 Qt 5.12.2
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li \l{freetype}{Freetype 2} got updated to upstream version 2.9.1.
\li \l{libpng}{LibPNG} got updated to upstream version 1.6.36. libpng License 2
added at same time.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Image Formats
\l{libwebp}{WebP (libwebp)} got updated to upstream version 1.0.2.
\section1 Qt 5.12.1
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li The version information for \l{FreeBSD} got updated.
\li The version information for \l{sha3_keccak}{Secure Hash Algorithm SHA-3 - Keccak} got updated.
\li \l{unicode-character-database}{UCD} got updated to upstream version 20.
\endlist
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\e{xkbcommon} was removed from 3rd party sources and we are not bundling that library any more.
\section2 Qt Image Formats
\list
\l{libwebp}{WebP (libwebp)} got updated to upstream version 1.0.1.
\l{libtiff} got updated to upstream version 4.0.10.
\endlist
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.26.0.
\section2 Qt Virtual Keyboard Module
The version information for \l{lipitk}{Lipi Toolkit} got updated.
\section2 Qt Wayland Compositor Module
The usage of \l{wayland-eglstream-controller}{Wayland EGLStream Controller Protocol} under MIT license is now documented.
\section1 Qt 5.12.0
\section2 Qt 3D Module
Use of \l{miramar-sky}{Miramar Skybox Textures} is now documented.
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li \l{doubleconversion}{Efficient Binary-Decimal and Decimal-Binary Conversion Routines for IEEE Doubles}
got updated to upstream version 3.1.1.
\li \l{pcre2}{PCRE2} got updated to upstream version 10.32.
\li Use of \l{pcre2-sljit}{PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler} under the
\e{BSD 2-clause "Simplified"} license is now documented.
\li \l{sha3_endian}{Secure Hash Algorithm SHA-3 - brg_endian} got updated to version
https://github.com/BrianGladman/sha/ commit 4b9e13ead2c5b5e41ca27c65de4dd69ae0bac228.
License got updated to \e{BSD 2-clause "Simplified"} license.
\li Use of \l{tinycbor}{TinyCBOR} under the \e{MIT} license is now documented.
\li \l{unicode-cldr}{Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)} got updated to
upstream version v34.
\endlist
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li The version information for \l{freetype}{Freetype 2} got updated.
\li The Qt usage documentation for \l{harfbuzz}{HarfBuzz} got updated.
\li The Qt usage documentation for \l{harfbuzz-ng}{HarfBuzz-NG} got updated.
\li The version information for \l{iaccessible2}{IAccessible2 IDL Specification} got updated.
\li \l{libjpeg}{LibJPEG-turbo} got updated to upstream version 2.0.0.
\li \l{libpng}{LibPNG} got updated to upstream version 1.6.35.
\li Use of \l{vera_font}{Bitstream Vera Font} under the \e{vera_font}{Bitstream Vera Font}
license is now documented.
\li \l{dejayvu}{DejaVu Fonts} got updated to upstream version 2.37 and their use
under the \e{Bitstream DejaVu Font} license is now documented.
\li Use of \l{webgradients}{WebGradients} under the \e{MIT} license is now documented.
\endlist
\section2 Qt DBUS Module
\l{libdbus-1-headers}{libdus-1 headers} got updated to upstream version 1.12.
\section2 Qt Image Formats
\list
\li \e{JasPer} got removed.
\li \e{MNG reference library} got removed.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Location Module
\list
\li Use of \l{weatherinfo-tango-weather-pack}{Tango Weather Icon Pack by Darkobra} is now documented.
\li Use of \l{weatherinfo-tango-icons}{Tango Icons} is now documented.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Test Module
\l{valgrind}{Valgrind} got updated to upstream version 3.14.0.
\section2 Qt Wayland Compositor Module
\list
\li Use of \l{wayland-xdg-decoration-protocol}{Wayland xdg-decoration Protocol} under the \e{MIT} license
is now documented.
\li Use of \l{wayland-xdg-output-protocol}{Wayland XDG Output Protocol} under the \e{MIT} license is
now documented.
\endlist
\section2 Qt WebEngine Module
\e Chromium and third-party components bundled with it were updated to
version 69.0.3497.
\section1 Qt 5.11.2
\section2 Qt Core Module
\l{pcre2}{PCRE2} got updated to upstream version 10.31.
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li The copyright information for \l{harfbuzz}{HarfBuzz} got updated.
\li The copyright information for
\l{grayraster}{Anti-aliasing rasterizer from FreeType 2} got updated.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Location Module
The copyright information and description of
\l{clipper}{Clipper Polygon Clipping Library} got updated.
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.24.0.
\section2 Qt WebEngine Module
\list
\li Chromium received backported security fixes from Chromium up to version
68.0.3440.75.
\li The \l{WebEngine StyleSheet Browser Example}, \l{WebEngine Widgets Simple Browser Example},
\l{WebEngine Quick Nano Browser}, and \l{WebEngine Cookie Browser Example}
use images from the Tango Icon Library. This is now documented.
\li \l{recipebrowser-marked}{Marked (WebEngine RecipeBrowser example)} got updated to upstream
version 0.4.0.
\endlist
\section1 Qt 5.11.1
\section2 Qt 3D Module
The use of the \e{nasa-jpl}{Jet Propulsion Laboratory Photojournal} in
the module is actually limited to the planets-qml example. The attribution
has therefore been removed from the module's documentation.
\section2 Qt Documentation
Use of the \l{coffeeexample-titillium}{Titillium Web Font} in the Coffee demo is now documented.
\section2 Qt Image Formats
\l{libwebp}{WebP (libwebp)} got updated to version 1.0.0.
\section1 Qt 5.11.0
\section2 Qt 3D Module
\list
\li The \l{assimp}{Open Asset Import Library} got updated to upstream version
4.1.0.
\li Examples use some assets from \l{substance_share}{Substance Share} that are available
under the \e {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0} license. This is now
documented.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Core Module
\list
\li \e{Parts of QTemporaryFile} got removed from documentation.
The corresponding code got removed already in Qt 5.10.0.
\li The copy of the \l{psl}{The Public Suffix List} got updated on
2018-01-04.
\li The concluded license for the
\l{unicode-cldr}{Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)} changed to
\e{Unicode License Agreement - Data Files and Software (2016)}.
In Qt 5.10 documentation, the component was labelled as
\e{Unicode CLDR (Unicode Common Locale Data Repository)}.
\li The use of the \l{unicode-character-database}{Unicode Character Database (UCD)} under the
\e{Unicode License Agreement - Data Files and Software (2016)}.
is now documented.
\endlist
\section2 Qt D-Bus Module
Qt D-Bus uses code from \l{libdbus-1 headers} that are available under the
\e{Academic Free License v2.1, or GNU General Public License v2.0 or later}.
This is now documented.
\section2 Qt GUI Module
\list
\li \l{harfbuzz-ng}{HarfBuzz-NG} got updated to upstream version 1.7.4.
\li \l{libjpeg}{LibJPEG-turbo} got updated to upstream version 1.5.3.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Image Formats
\list
\li \l{libtiff}{TIFF Software Distribution (libtiff)} got updated to upstream
version 4.0.9.
\li \l{libwebp}{WebP (libwebp)} got updated to upstream version 0.6.1.
\endlist
\section2 Qt Quick Controls 2 Module
Use of \l{shadow_angular_material}{Shadow values from Angular Material} under \e{MIT License}
in the Material Style is now documented.
\section2 Qt SQL Module
\l{sqlite}{SQLite} got updated to upstream version 3.23.1.
\section2 Qt Test Module
The concluded license of \l{linuxperf}{Linux Performance Events} changed to
\e{GNU General Public License v2.0 only with Linux Syscall Note}.
\section2 Qt WebEngine Module
\list
\li \e{(Components of) Bazel} got added under the
\e {Apache License 2.0}.
\li \l{Breakpad, An open-source multi-platform crash reporting system}
got added under a \e{New BSD, Apple PSL 2.0 and Apache 2.0} license.
\li \l{BoringSSL} got updated.
\li \l{CRC32C} got added under a \e{New BSD} license.
\li \e{Error Prone} got removed.
\li \l{Fiat-Crypto: Synthesizing Correct-by-Construction Code for
Cryptographic Primitives} got added under a \e{MIT} license.
\li \l{OpenVR SDK} got added under a \e{BSD 3-Clause} license.
\li \l{Perfetto} got added under a \e{Apache 2} license.
\li \e{The library to input, validate, and display addresses} got
removed.
\li \e{content_shell_fonts} got added under
\e{SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE, GPL v2, Bitstream Vera Fonts Copyright}.
\li \e{libcxx} got removed.
\li \e{libcxxabi} got removed.
\li \e{libunwind} got removed.
\li \e{libva} got removed.
\li \e{libxslt} got added under a \e{MIT} license.
\li \e{open-vcdiff} got removed.
\endlist
\section2 Qt XML Patterns Module
Use of \l{xml-xsd}{XML Schema}
under \e{W3C Software Notice and Document License (2015-05-13)}
is now documented.
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