From dcb219b313b595dea375ec6758641bb09845d8a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:27:55 +0200 Subject: docs: add README.licensing There is not only one unique license for all code in utl-linux-ng. We have mix of utils with Public Domain, BSD, GPLv2 or GPLv2+. This thing should be more transparent to avoid misunderstanding. Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- Makefile.am | 1 + README.licensing | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.licensing 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. + -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522