From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 23:53:44 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/5] docs/manual: slightly clarify patch licensing In-Reply-To: <1454365196-26319-3-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> References: <1454365196-26319-1-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> <1454365196-26319-3-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> Message-ID: <20160203225344.GA3428@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Luca, All, On 2016-02-01 23:19 +0100, Luca Ceresoli spake thusly: > Adding a patch is a modification to Buildroot. Thus this sentence might be > interpreted as "Patches are released under the Buildroot license". > > Being a legal matter, the last thing we want is to be > ambiguous. Reword the sentence to avoid any misunderstandings. > > Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Regards, Yann E. MORIN. > --- > Changes v1 -> v2: > - "they modify" -> "they apply to" (Thomas). > --- > docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt > index 0b4604e..d50c971 100644 > --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt > +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt > @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ If something goes wrong in the steps _3_ or _4_, then the build fails. > > === Format and licensing of the package patches > > -Patches are released under the same license as the software that is > -modified. > +Patches are released under the same license as the software they apply > +to. > > A message explaining what the patch does, and why it is needed, should > be added in the header commentary of the patch. > -- > 1.9.1 > -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'