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+Bun itself is MIT-licensed.
+
+## JavaScriptCore
+
+Bun statically links JavaScriptCore (and WebKit) which is LGPL-2 licensed. WebCore files from WebKit are also licensed under LGPL2. Per LGPL2:
+
+> (1) If you statically link against an LGPL’d library, you must also provide your application in an object (not necessarily source) format, so that a user has the opportunity to modify the library and relink the application.
+
+You can find the patched version of WebKit used by Bun here: <https://github.com/oven-sh/webkit>. If you would like to relink Bun with changes:
+
+- `git submodule update --init --recursive`
+- `make jsc`
+- `zig build`
+
+This compiles JavaScriptCore, compiles Bun’s `.cpp` bindings for JavaScriptCore (which are the object files using JavaScriptCore) and outputs a new `bun` binary with your changes.
+
+## Linked libraries
+
+Bun statically links these libraries:
+
+{% table %}
+
+- Library
+- License
+
+---
+
+- [`boringssl`](https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/)
+- [several licenses](https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/+/refs/heads/master/LICENSE)
+
+---
+
+- [`libarchive`](https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive)
+- [several licenses](https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/blob/master/COPYING)
+
+---
+
+- [`lol-html`](https://github.com/cloudflare/lol-html/tree/master/c-api)
+- BSD 3-Clause
+
+---
+
+- [`mimalloc`](https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`picohttp`](https://github.com/h2o/picohttpparser)
+- dual-licensed under the Perl License or the MIT License
+
+---
+
+- [`simdutf`](https://github.com/simdutf/simdutf)
+- Apache 2.0
+
+---
+
+- [`tinycc`](https://github.com/tinycc/tinycc)
+- LGPL v2.1
+
+---
+
+- [`uSockets`](https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets)
+- Apache 2.0
+
+---
+
+- [`zlib-cloudflare`](https://github.com/cloudflare/zlib)
+- zlib
+
+---
+
+- [`c-ares`](https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares)
+- MIT licensed
+
+---
+
+- [`libicu`](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu) 72
+- [license here](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/main/icu4c/LICENSE)
+
+---
+
+- A fork of [`uWebsockets`](https://github.com/jarred-sumner/uwebsockets)
+- Apache 2.0 licensed
+
+{% /table %}
+
+## Polyfills
+
+For compatibility reasons, the following packages are embedded into Bun's binary and injected if imported.
+
+{% table %}
+
+- Package
+- License
+
+---
+
+- [`assert`](https://npmjs.com/package/assert)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`browserify-zlib`](https://npmjs.com/package/browserify-zlib)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`buffer`](https://npmjs.com/package/buffer)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`constants-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/constants-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`crypto-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/crypto-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`domain-browser`](https://npmjs.com/package/domain-browser)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`events`](https://npmjs.com/package/events)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`https-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/https-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`os-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/os-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`path-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/path-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`process`](https://npmjs.com/package/process)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`punycode`](https://npmjs.com/package/punycode)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`querystring-es3`](https://npmjs.com/package/querystring-es3)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`stream-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/stream-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`stream-http`](https://npmjs.com/package/stream-http)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`string_decoder`](https://npmjs.com/package/string_decoder)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`timers-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/timers-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`tty-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/tty-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`url`](https://npmjs.com/package/url)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`util`](https://npmjs.com/package/util)
+- MIT
+
+---
+
+- [`vm-browserify`](https://npmjs.com/package/vm-browserify)
+- MIT
+
+{% /table %}
+
+## Additional credits
+
+- Bun's JS transpiler, CSS lexer, and Node.js module resolver source code is a Zig port of [@evanw](https://github.com/evanw)’s [esbuild](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild) project.
+- Credit to [@kipply](https://github.com/kipply) for the name "Bun"!