From patchwork Mon Feb 1 14:52:22 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Luca Ceresoli X-Patchwork-Id: 576569 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 963A1140C36 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 01:52:55 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA326A5C70; Mon, 1 Feb 2016 14:52:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jgzPH1hHRNnV; Mon, 1 Feb 2016 14:52:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56A7CA5CA5; Mon, 1 Feb 2016 14:52:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: buildroot@lists.busybox.net Delivered-To: buildroot@osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B20941C162F for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2016 14:52:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8A448C56B for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2016 14:52:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7UQZsODb6C8m for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2016 14:52:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from srv-hp10.netsons.net (srv-hp10-72.netsons.net [94.141.22.72]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2AF138C4CC for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2016 14:52:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [74.125.61.14] (port=49061 helo=wallace.comelit.it) by srv-hp10.netsons.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES128-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86) (envelope-from ) id 1aQFqC-000aDJ-QE; Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:52:32 +0100 From: Luca Ceresoli To: buildroot@busybox.net Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 15:52:22 +0100 Message-Id: <1454338344-24973-4-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1454338344-24973-1-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> References: <1454338344-24973-1-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - srv-hp10.netsons.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - busybox.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - lucaceresoli.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: srv-hp10.netsons.net: authenticated_id: luca+lucaceresoli.net/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: srv-hp10.netsons.net: luca@lucaceresoli.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Luca Ceresoli Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/5] COPYING: add exception about patch licensing X-BeenThere: buildroot@busybox.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@busybox.net Sender: "buildroot" 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 --- 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. + +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