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The following third party software is distributed with Chromium and is provided under other licenses and/or has source available from other locations.
Package Name | License | Platforms (Mac/Windows/Linux) |
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bsdiff | BSD Protection License | MWL |
bspatch | BSD Protection License | MWL |
bzip2 | BSD license | MWL |
dtoa | BSD license | MWL |
ffmpeg (see for exact version) | The portions we use are under the LGPL license | MWL |
HarfBuzz | MIT license | L |
hunspell | MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL | MWL |
ICU | ICU license | MWL |
JSCRE | BSD license | MWL |
libevent | BSD license | MWL |
libjpeg | libjpeg license | MWL |
libpng | libpng license | MWL |
libxml | MIT license | MWL |
libxslt | MIT license | MWL |
LZMA SDK | Special exception license | MWL |
modp_b64 | BSD license | MWL |
Mozilla interface to Java Plugin APIs | MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL | MWL |
npapi | MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL | MWL |
nspr | MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL | MWL |
nss | MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL | L |
Pthreads for win32 | LGPL 2.1 | W |
Skia | Apache License 2.0 | MWL |
sqlite | Public domain | MWL |
V8 assembler | BSD license | MWL |
WebKit | BSD/LGPL 2/LGPL 2.1 | MWL |
WTL | Microsoft Permissive License | W |
zlib | zlib license | MWL |