From: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 3/5] COPYING: add exception about patch licensing
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 23:19:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1454365196-26319-4-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454365196-26319-1-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net>
Several people have been asking what is the license of the patches
provided by Buildroot. COPYING is the authoritative place to state it.
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
---
Changes v1 -> v2:
- Rewrite it almost entirely (Arnout, Thomas).
---
COPYING | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index d511905..3596777 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Except for the patches provided for packages, Buildroot is licensed
+under the GNU General Public License, version 2.
+
+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
--
1.9.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-01 22:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-01 22:19 [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 0/5] Patch file clarification & Co Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 22:19 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/5] Update copyright year Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 22:24 ` Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 22:19 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/5] docs/manual: slightly clarify patch licensing Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-02 8:58 ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-02-03 22:53 ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-02-10 22:15 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2016-02-25 10:50 ` Peter Korsgaard
2016-02-01 22:19 ` Luca Ceresoli [this message]
2016-02-01 22:31 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 3/5] COPYING: add exception about " Thomas Petazzoni
2016-02-03 23:02 ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-02-03 23:57 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2016-02-04 20:42 ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-02-04 21:08 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-02-04 21:40 ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-02-04 21:51 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-02-04 22:28 ` Steve Calfee
2016-02-05 9:25 ` Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-05 12:07 ` Peter Korsgaard
2016-02-10 22:35 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2016-02-19 17:28 ` Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-25 10:57 ` Peter Korsgaard
2016-02-25 11:53 ` Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 22:19 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 4/5] docs/manual: add section " Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-03 23:34 ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-02-26 22:08 ` Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-26 22:28 ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-02-10 22:37 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2016-02-01 22:19 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 5/5] legal-info: explicitly state how patches are licensed Luca Ceresoli
2016-03-06 15:14 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-03-06 22:52 ` Luca Ceresoli
2016-03-06 22:56 ` Yann E. MORIN
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