kobold-data-shim
Copyright 2026 infinityabundance

This product's own source code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
(see LICENSE).

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THIRD-PARTY / LINKING NOTICE (read before distributing binaries)
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kobold-data-shim depends on and links the crate `gnucobol-rs`, which is licensed
under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or later (LGPL-3.0-or-later),
because it is a faithful derivative port of GnuCOBOL's libcob.

Consequences:
  * This crate's OWN source remains Apache-2.0 and may be combined with proprietary
    code that merely USES it (LGPL permits a "work that uses the Library").
  * However, any DISTRIBUTED BINARY (Lambda layer, container image, executable)
    that statically links gnucobol-rs is a "Combined Work" under LGPL-3.0 section 4.
    To distribute such a binary you must:
      - give prominent notice that gnucobol-rs (LGPL-3.0+) is used, and
      - provide the means to relink (e.g. ship this crate's object files / source,
        which crates.io already makes available) against a modified gnucobol-rs, and
      - convey the LGPL-3.0 text with the gnucobol-rs source.
  * A future *clean-room, permissively licensed* decimal/layout kernel (a separate,
    from-spec reimplementation that does NOT read libcob) would remove this
    obligation for fully-permissive distribution. It does not exist yet.

This NOTICE is informational, not legal advice. The pinned oracle and parity
evidence for gnucobol-rs live at https://github.com/infinityabundance/gnucobol-rs .
