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-rw-r--r--Makefile.am1
-rw-r--r--README.licensing18
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1cce174ad..4073d709b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
EXTRA_DIST = \
autogen.sh \
README.devel \
+ README.licensing \
licenses \
example.files \
po/update-potfiles \
diff --git a/README.licensing b/README.licensing
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67eabdc58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.licensing
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+The project utils-linux-ng doesn't use same license for all code. There are
+code with:
+
+ * GPLv2+ (GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version)
+
+ * GPLv2 (GNU General Public License version 2)
+
+ * BSD License
+
+ * Public Domain
+
+Please, check source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
+of each source file.
+
+The /COPYING file (GPLv2+) is the default license for code without an explicitly
+defined license.
+