[GRASS-SVN] r46338 - grass-web/trunk/intro
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Sat May 21 04:47:09 EDT 2011
Author: neteler
Date: 2011-05-21 01:47:09 -0700 (Sat, 21 May 2011)
New Revision: 46338
Modified:
grass-web/trunk/intro/general.inc
Log:
state GPL version
Modified: grass-web/trunk/intro/general.inc
===================================================================
--- grass-web/trunk/intro/general.inc 2011-05-20 16:40:36 UTC (rev 46337)
+++ grass-web/trunk/intro/general.inc 2011-05-21 08:47:09 UTC (rev 46338)
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
GIS, is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for data management,
image processing, graphics production, spatial modelling, and visualization
of many types of data. It is Free (Libre) Software/Open Source released
-under GNU General Public License (GPL). GRASS is official project of
+under GNU General Public License (GPL) >= V2. GRASS GIS is official project of
the <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a>.
<P>Originally developed by the <a href="http://www.cecer.army.mil/">U.S.
Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories</a> (USA-CERL,
1982-1995), a branch of the US Army Corp of Engineers, as a tool for land
-management and environmental planning by the military, GRASS has evolved
+management and environmental planning by the military, GRASS GIS has evolved
into a powerful utility with a wide range of applications in many different
areas of scientific research. GRASS is currently used in academic and
commercial settings around the world, as well as many governmental agencies
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
[see also: <a href="capabilities.html">GRASS capabilities</a>]
<a NAME="programming"></a>
-<h3>GRASS Programming</h3>
+<h3>GRASS GIS License and Programming</h3>
-GRASS is released under <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU GPL</a>, the
+GRASS is released under <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU GPL >= V2</a>, the
source code (5.x: more than 1 million lines of C; 6.x 500k SLOC)
is completely available. GRASS
provides a sophisticated GIS library which can be used for own developments.
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