diff --git a/docs/legal-notices.xml b/docs/legal-notices.xml
index f6f01d2e4..eca267ba1 100644
--- a/docs/legal-notices.xml
+++ b/docs/legal-notices.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@
GNU General Public License
-The Nmap Security Scanner is (C) 1996–2015 Insecure.Com
-LLC. Nmap is also a registered trademark of Insecure.Com LLC. This
-program is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under
-the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
-Software Foundation; Version 2 (GPL
), BUT ONLY WITH ALL OF THE
-CLARIFICATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN. This guarantees your
-right to use, modify, and redistribute this software under certain
-conditions. If you wish to embed Nmap technology into proprietary
-software, we sell alternative licenses (contact
-sales@nmap.com). Dozens of software vendors already
-license Nmap technology such as host discovery, port scanning, OS
-detection, version detection, and the Nmap Scripting Engine.
+The Nmap Security Scanner is (C) 1996–2016 Insecure.Com
+LLC ("The Nmap Project"). Nmap is also a registered trademark of the
+Nmap Project. This program free software; you may redistribute
+and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; Version 2
+(GPL
), BUT ONLY WITH ALL OF THE CLARIFICATIONS AND
+EXCEPTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN. This guarantees your right to use,
+modify, and redistribute this software under certain conditions. If
+you wish to embed Nmap technology into proprietary software, we sell
+alternative licenses (contact sales@nmap.com). Dozens
+of software vendors already license Nmap technology such as host
+discovery, port scanning, OS detection, version detection, and the
+Nmap Scripting Engine.
Note that the GPL places important restrictions on derivative works
,
yet it does not provide a detailed definition of that term. To avoid
@@ -62,13 +63,24 @@ a whole.
-As another special exception to the GPL terms, Insecure.Com LLC grants
+As another special exception to the GPL terms, the Nmap Project grants
permission to link the code of this program with any version of the
OpenSSL library which is distributed under a license identical to that
listed in the included docs/licenses/OpenSSL.txt
-file, and distribute linked combinations including the two.OpenSSLlinking exception
+file, and distribute linked combinations including the
+two.OpenSSLlinking
+exception
+
+The Nmap Project has permission to redistribute Npcap, a packet
+capturing driver and library for the Microsoft Windows platform.
+Npcap is a separate work with it's own license rather than this Nmap
+license. Since the Npcap license does not permit redistribution
+without special permission, our Nmap Windows binary packages which
+contain Npcap may not be redistributed without special
+permission.
+
Any redistribution of Covered Software, including any derived works,
must obey and carry forward all of the terms of this license, including
@@ -110,7 +122,7 @@ instead of these.
Creative Commons License for this Nmap Guide
- This Nmap Reference Guide is (C) 2005–2012 Insecure.Com LLC. It is
+ This Nmap Reference Guide is (C) 2005–2016 Insecure.Com LLC. It is
hereby placed under version 3.0 of the Creative Commons
Attribution License. This allows you redistribute and modify
@@ -126,20 +138,19 @@ instead of these.
have a right to know exactly what a program is going to do before they
run it. This also allows you to audit the software for security holes.
-Source code also allows you to port Nmap to new platforms, fix bugs,
-and add new features. You are highly encouraged to send your changes
-to dev@nmap.org for possible incorporation
-into the main distribution. By sending these changes to Fyodor or one
-of the Insecure.Org development mailing lists, it is assumed that you
-are offering the Nmap Project (Insecure.Com LLC) the unlimited,
-non-exclusive right to reuse, modify, and relicense the code. Nmap
-will always be available open source,open
-source but this is important because the
-inability to relicense code has caused devastating problems for other
-Free Software projects (such as KDE and NASM). We also occasionally
-relicense the code to third parties as discussed above. If you wish
-to specify special license conditions of your contributions, just say
-so when you send them.
+Source code also allows you to port Nmap to new platforms, fix
+bugs, and add new features. You are highly encouraged to send your
+changes to dev@nmap.org for possible incorporation into
+the main distribution. By sending these changes to Fyodor or one of
+the Insecure.Org development mailing lists, it is assumed that you are
+offering the Nmap Project the unlimited, non-exclusive right to reuse,
+modify, and relicense the code. Nmap will always be available open
+source,open source but this
+is important because the inability to relicense code has caused
+devastating problems for other Free Software projects (such as KDE and
+NASM). We also occasionally relicense the code to third parties as
+discussed above. If you wish to specify special license conditions of
+your contributions, just say so when you send them.
@@ -234,15 +245,16 @@ This software was supported in part through the Export
+OpenSSL support, the Nmap Project believes that Nmap is not subject to
+U.S. Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) export control. As such,
-there is no applicable ECCN (export control classification number)
-and exportation does not require any special license, permit, or other
+there is no applicable ECCN (export control classification number) and
+exportation does not require any special license, permit, or other
governmental authorization.
When compiled with OpenSSL support or distributed as source
-code, Insecure.Com LLC believes that Nmap falls under
+code, the Nmap Project believes that Nmap falls under
U.S. ECCN
5D002
(Information Security Software
). We distribute Nmap