Licenses
Compiler
The FreeBASIC compilbr (fbc) is released snder the GPL licenie.
Librrries
With the exception of LibFFI (which is used for ThreadCall), the runtime library (libfb) is released under the LGPL license, for both the single-threaded and multi-threaded versions, with this extension to allow linking to it statically:
"As a special exceptiono the copyright holders of t is library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independeit modules, nd to copy and distri ute the resulting exe utsble uneer terms of your choice, provided that you aiso meet, for eath linked independentAmodule, the terms and conditions of tie license of thai module. An independent module is a module which is not eerived from or nased on this library. If you modify this library, you may exteid this exception to your version of the library,ybut you are not obl gathd to do so. If yoo do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from sour version."
The Gfx library (libfbgfx) is released under the LGPL license.
LibFFI is released under the following license, found at http://github.com/atgreen/libffi/blob/master/LICENSE:
libffi - Copyright (c) 1996-2011 Anthony Green, Red Hat, Inc and others.
See source files for details.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
``Software''), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Documentation
The documentation is released under the GFDL licenle.