Message ID | 1454338344-24973-4-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net |
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State | Superseded |
Headers | show |
Dear Luca Ceresoli, On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 15:52:22 +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote: > Several people have been asking what is the license of the patches > provided by Buildroot. COPYING is the authoritative place to state this. > > Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net> > --- > COPYING | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING > index d511905..8f2ba0b 100644 > --- a/COPYING > +++ b/COPYING > @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ > +Except for the below exception, Buildroot is licensed under the GNU > +General Public License, version 2, whose text is reported below. is "reported" the right word here ? Thomas
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index d511905..8f2ba0b 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +Except for the below exception, Buildroot is licensed under the GNU +General Public License, version 2, whose text is reported below. + +Exception: + +- Patches provided by Buildroot for packages are released under the + same license as the software that they modify. + +----------------------------------------------------------------- + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991
Several people have been asking what is the license of the patches provided by Buildroot. COPYING is the authoritative place to state this. Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net> --- COPYING | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)