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> Version 6

Font Awesome is the Internet's icon library and toolkit, used by millions of
designers, developers, and content creators.

## Documentation

Learn how to get started with Font Awesome and then dive deeper into other advanced topics:

[Docs for version 6](https://fontawesome.com/docs)

### Where did Font Awesome 5, 4 (or 3) go?

Now that Font Awesome 6 has been released we are marking version 5 as Long Term
Support (LTS). Version 5 will get critical bug fixes only. Version 3 and 4 are
now end-of-life and we don't plan on releasing any further versions of the 4.x
or 3.x.

You can see a complete list of versions on [our Versions
page](https://fontawesome.com/versions).

## Change log

The change log for releases is now [available directly on our site](https://fontawesome.com/docs/changelog/).

Looking for older versions of Font Awesome? Check the [releases](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/releases).

## Upgrading

From time-to-time we'll have special upgrading instructions from one version to the next.

- [Web upgrading guide](https://fontawesome.com/docs/web/setup/upgrade/)
- [Desktop upgrading guide](https://fontawesome.com/docs/desktop/setup/upgrade/)

## Code of conduct

We will behave ourselves if you behave yourselves. For more details see our
[CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

## Contributing

Please read through our [contributing guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md).  Included
are directions for opening issues.

## Versioning

Font Awesome will be maintained under the Semantic Versioning guidelines as much as possible. Releases will be numbered
with the following format:

`<major>.<minor>.<patch>`

For more information on SemVer, please visit https://semver.org.

**The major version "6" is part of an umbrella release.  It includes many different types of files and technologies. Therefore
we deviate from normal SemVer in the following ways:**

* Any release may update the design, look-and-feel, or branding of an existing
  icon
* We will never intentionally release a `patch` version update that breaks
  backward compatibility
* A `minor` release **may include backward-incompatible changes** but we will
  write clear upgrading instructions in UPGRADING.md
* A `minor` or `patch` release will never remove icons
* Bug fixes will be addressed as `patch` releases unless they include backward
  incompatibility then they will be `minor` releases

## License

Font Awesome Free is free, open source, and GPL friendly. You can use it for
commercial projects, open source projects, or really almost whatever you want.

- Icons — CC BY 4.0 License
  - In the Font Awesome Free download, the CC BY 4.0 license applies to all icons packaged as .svg and .js files types.
- Fonts — SIL OFL 1.1 License
  - In the Font Awesome Free download, the SIL OLF license applies to all icons packaged as web and desktop font files.
- Code — MIT License
  - In the Font Awesome Free download, the MIT license applies to all non-font and non-icon files.

Attribution is required by MIT, SIL OLF, and CC BY licenses. Downloaded Font
Awesome Free files already contain embedded comments with sufficient
attribution, so you shouldn't need to do anything additional when using these
files normally.

We've kept attribution comments terse, so we ask that you do not actively work
to remove them from files, especially code. They're a great way for folks to
learn about Font Awesome.

## Team

https://github.com/orgs/FortAwesome/people
