diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 96d4d3e175a..8dc40d72acf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ +

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+ [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/zeroc-ice/ice](https://badges.gitter.im/zeroc-ice/ice.svg)][gitter] +[![GPLv2](https://img.shields.io/github/license/zeroc-ice/ice?color=red)][GPLv2] +[![Static Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Commercial-blue)][Commercial] # The Ice framework @@ -69,9 +75,9 @@ Bluetooth...) - Configuration ([Ice Properties][properties]) - Logging ([Ice Logger][logger]) - Instrumentation and metrics ([IceMX][icemx]) -- Pub-sub ([IceStorm][icestorm]) +- Pub-sub ([IceStorm][icestorm], [DataStorm][datastorm]) - Server deployment, replication and monitoring ([IceGrid][icegrid]) -- Session management and firewall traversal ([Glacier2][glacier2]) +- Application gateway ([Glacier2][glacier2]) The Ice API is defined almost entirely using Slice; as a result, it is essentially the same in all programming languages. @@ -86,24 +92,27 @@ Ice is a single-copyright project: all the source code in this [ice repository][ Copyright © ZeroC, Inc., with very few exceptions. As copyright owner, ZeroC can license Ice under different license terms, and offers the following licenses for Ice: -- GPL v2, a popular open-source license with strong [copyleft][copyleft] conditions (the default license) +- [GPLv2], a popular open-source license with strong [copyleft][copyleft] conditions (the default license) - Commercial or closed-source licenses -If you license Ice under GPL v2, there is no license fee or signed license agreement: you just need to comply with the -GPL v2 terms and conditions. See [ICE_LICENSE](ICE_LICENSE) and [LICENSE](LICENSE) for further information. +If you license Ice under GPLv2, there is no license fee or signed license agreement: you just need to comply with the +GPLv2 terms and conditions. ZeroC also grants a few [exceptions](ICE_LICENSE) to the GPLv2 terms and conditions. If you purchase a commercial or closed-source license for Ice, you must comply with the terms and conditions listed in -the associated license agreement; the GPL v2 terms and conditions do not apply. +the associated license agreement; the GPLv2 terms and conditions do not apply. The Ice software itself remains the same: the only difference between an open-source Ice and a commercial Ice are the license terms. +[Commercial]: https://zeroc.com/ice/pricing [copyleft]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft +[datastorm]: https://doc.zeroc.com/datastorm/latest/introduction [docs]: https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7 [downloads]: https://zeroc.com/downloads/ice [examples]: https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice-demos [gitter]: https://gitter.im/zeroc-ice/ice?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge [glacier2]: https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7/ice-services/glacier2 +[GPLv2]: https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice/blob/3.7/LICENSE [ice-repo]: https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice [icegrid]: https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7/ice-services/icegrid [icemx]: https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7/administration-and-diagnostics/administrative-facility/the-metrics-facet