manual/advanced/extensions/licenses.rst

@@ -5,63 +5,10 @@
 Extension Licenses
 ******************
 
-For add-ons and themes the recommended license is
-`GNU General Public License v2.0 or later <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-or-later.html>`__.
-For assets, the required license is `Public Domain (CC0) <https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html>`__.
+The `Blender Extensions Platform <https://extensions.blender.org>`__ only supports free and open source extensions compliant with the `Blender's license <https://www.blender.org/about/license>`__:
 
-The `Blender Extensions Platform <https://extensions.blender.org>`__ only supports
-free and open source extensions compatible with Blender's license:
-`GNU General Public License v3.0 or later <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html>`__.
+* For add-ons, the required license is `GNU General Public License v3.0 or later <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html>`__.
 
-This allows extensions to be packed with Blender and distributed in compliance
-with the governing principles of the `Blender license <https://www.blender.org/about/license/>`__.
+* For themes, the recommended license is `GNU General Public License v3.0 or later <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html>`__, but any `GPL-compatible license <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses>`__ is supported.
 
-More GPL and LGPL Licenses
-==========================
-
-Some third-party add-on libraries may require a different compatible license.
-
-In those cases a few variant versions of GNU GPL are also accepted:
-
-.. list-table::
-   :header-rows: 1
-
-   * - Identifier
-     - License
-   * - SPDX:GPL-2.0-or-later
-     - `GNU General Public License v2.0 or later <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-or-later.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:GPL-3.0-or-later
-     - `GNU General Public License v3.0 or later <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:LGPL-2.1-or-later
-     - `GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later <https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1-or-later.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:LGPL-3.0-or-later
-     - `GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later <https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0-or-later.html>`__
-
-More Compatible Licenses
-========================
-
-In some exceptional cases other licenses may be required. Extensions are still accepted under these licenses:
-
-.. list-table::
-   :header-rows: 1
-
-   * - Identifier
-     - License
-   * - SPDX:BSD-1-Clause
-     - `BSD 1-Clause "Simplified" License <https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-1-Clause.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:BSD-2-Clause
-     - `BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License <https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:BSD-3-Clause
-     - `BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License <https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:BSL-1.0
-     - `Boost Software License 1.0 <https://spdx.org/licenses/BSL-1.0.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:MIT
-     - `MIT License <https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:MIT-0
-     - `MIT No Attribution <https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-0.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:MPL-2.0
-     - `Mozilla Public License 2.0 <https://spdx.org/licenses/MPL-2.0.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:Pixar
-     - `Pixar License <https://spdx.org/licenses/Pixar.html>`__
-   * - SPDX:Zlib
-     - `Zlib License <https://spdx.org/licenses/Zlib.html>`__
+* For assets used in add-ons, the required license is `Public Domain (CC0) <https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html>`__.