-Linux and Windows binaries however link to a library that is under the LGPL
-version 3 with the "or any later version" clause. Thus, they can only be
-distributed under the GPL version 3 or any later version, at your choice.
+Scope
+-----
+
+This licensing document pertains to:
+
+- Official Xonotic releases
+
+- The Team Xonotic-owned branches (i.e. those whose name does not contain a
+ slash, like "master" and "div0-stable") of the repositories on
+ git://git.xonotic.org/xonotic/ including all their ancestor commits
+
+Team Xonotic does not make any guarantees for licensing or legal status of any
+content not distributed as part of official Xonotic releases or Team
+Xonotic-owned branches, such as:
+
+- Files downloaded from a web server by Xonotic (e.g. automatic map downloads)
+
+- Branches of our repository that are owned by a user of the repository, and
+ thus not owned by Team Xonotic (these branches are always prefixed with user
+ name and a slash, as in "divVerent/")
+
+For status of such content, please contact its author.
+
+
+Licensing Grant
+---------------
+
+All source files (as defined by the respective license) in scope of this
+document are under the GPL version 3 or any later version, at your choice.
+
+The source code of the game engine, DarkPlaces, is licensed under the GPL
+version 2 or any later version, at your choice. Furthermore, some source code
+inside the qcsrc/ directory may also be usable under other licenses as
+indicated by COPYING files therein.