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+# Binary Ninja
+
+## Open Source
+
+Vector 35 is grateful for the following open source packages that are used in Binary Ninja directly or indirectly:
+
+* Documentation
+
+The following tools are used in the generation of our documentation, but are not distributed themselves and are merely listed here in acknowledgement for the value they provide.
+
+    - [mkdocs] ([mkdocs license] - BSD)
+    - [mkdocs-material] ([mkdocs-material License] - BSD)
+    - [breathe] ([breathe license] - BSD)
+    - [sphinx] ([sphinx license] - BSD and others)
+    - [doxygen] ([doxygen license] - GPLv2)
+
+* UI
+    - [qt] ([qt license] - LGPLv3 / note, please see our [qt build instructions below](open-source.md#building-qt))
+    - [sourcecodepro] ([sourcecodepro license] - SIL open font license)
+    - [opensans] ([opensans license] - Apache 2.0)
+
+* Core
+    - [lzf] ([lzf license] - BSD)
+    - [zlib] ([zlib license] - zlib license)
+    - [openssl] ([openssl license] - openssl license)
+
+* Upvector update Library
+    - [tomcrypt] ([tomcrypt license] - public domain)
+
+
+## Building Qt
+
+Binary Ninja uses [Qt 5.6] under an LGPLv3 license which requires that we host the original sources used to build Qt for our application along with instructions on how that source may be re-built and can replace the version of Qt shipped with Binary Ninja.
+
+Please note that we offer no support for running Binary Ninja with modified Qt libraries.
+
+1. Follow the installation requirements on the [Building Qt 5 from Git] page.
+2. Download the Qt 5.6.0 [tarball] from binary.ninja. (Note this is an unmodified 5.6 identical to that available from Qt's source control, but must be hosted locally according to the [Qt 5.6] terms.
+3. Next, build QT using the aforementioned instructions.
+4. On OS X, you will need to disable the code-signing signature since it would otherwise prevent changes to binaries or shared libraries.  We recommend a tool such as [unsign].
+5. Finally, replace the built libraries:
+     - On OS X, replace the `QtCore.framework`, `QtDBus.framework`, `QtGui.framework`, `QtNetwork.framework`, `QtPrintSupport.framework`, `QtWidgets.framework` folders inside of `/Applications/Binary Ninja.app/Contents/Frameworks`
+     - On Windows, replace the `Qt5core.dll`, `Qt5Gui.dll`, `Qt5Network.dll`, and `Qt5Widgets.dll` files in `C:\Program Files\Vector35\BinaryNinja\`
+     - On Linux, replace the `libQt5Core.so.5`, `libQt5DBus.so.5`, `libQt5Gui.so.5`, `libQt5Network.so.5`, `libQt5Widgets.so.5`, `libQt5XcbQpa.so.5` files wherever Binary Ninja was extracted
+
+[mkdocs]: http://www.mkdocs.org/
+[mkdocs license]: https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/blob/master/LICENSE
+[mkdocs-material]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
+[mkdocs-material license]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/blob/master/LICENSE
+[breathe]: https://github.com/michaeljones/breathe
+[breathe license]: https://github.com/michaeljones/breathe/blob/master/LICENSE
+[sphinx]: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/index.html
+[sphinx license]: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/blob/master/LICENSE
+[doxygen]: http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/
+[doxygen license]: https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen/blob/master/LICENSE
+[qt]: https://www.qt.io/download/
+[qt license]: https://www.qt.io/qt-licensing-terms/
+[lzf]: http://oldhome.schmorp.de/marc/liblzf.html
+[lzf license]: http://oldhome.schmorp.de/marc/liblzf.html)
+[zlib]: http://www.zlib.net/
+[zlib license]: http://www.zlib.net/zlib_license.html
+[openssl]: https://www.openssl.org/
+[openssl license]: https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html
+[tomcrypt]:  https://github.com/libtom/libtomcrypt
+[tomcrypt license]: https://github.com/libtom/libtomcrypt/blob/develop/LICENSE
+[sourcecodepro]: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro
+[sourcecodepro license]:  https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
+[opensans]: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans
+[opensans license]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+[Qt 5.6]: https://www.qt.io/qt-licensing-terms/
+[Building Qt 5 from Git]: https://wiki.qt.io/Building-Qt-5-from-Git
+[tarball]: https://binary.ninja/qt5.6.0.tar.xz
+[unsign]: https://github.com/steakknife/unsign