[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 3/5] COPYING: add exception about patch licensing
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Thu Feb 25 10:57:40 UTC 2016
>>>>> "Luca" == Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net> writes:
Hi,
> Here's what I've been able to come up with so far. It's basically:
> - the sum of the present thread, plus
> - a reduced and modified version of the preamble suggested in the
> GNU GPL itself (section "How to Apply These Terms to Your New
> Programs"), plus
> - the statement that BR is GPLv2+ except where differently stated,
> as Arnout suggested.
> I'm sure this needs further discussion and improvements.
> -------------------------8<----------------------
> With the exceptions below, Buildroot is distributed under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License, reproduced below; either version 2 of
> the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> Some files in Buildroot contain a different license statement. Those
> files are licensed under the license contained in the file itself.
> Buildroot also bundles patch files, which are applied to the sources
> of the various packages. Those patches are not covered by the license
> of Buildroot. Instead, they are covered by the license of the software
> to which the patches are applied. When said software is available
> under multiple licenses, the Buildroot patches are only provided under
> the publicly accessible licenses.
This sounds good to me. Do anyone disagree or can this be committed to
master?
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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