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| author | Richard Braun <rbraun@sceen.net> | 2014-05-30 14:05:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Richard Braun <rbraun@sceen.net> | 2014-05-30 14:05:19 +0200 |
| commit | 8df3c782ce1a27af904510188388ae2a894b9f2f (patch) | |
| tree | bb077a7c10a136a11521821c8df11608d11a1bcf /LICENSE_NOTES | |
| parent | 45fef4ad686a07b766d87bf2b2e648ba8d21e08d (diff) | |
LICENSE_NOTE: rename and clarify
Allow GPLv3+ covered modules to be reused in GNU/Hurd under the GPLv2
license.
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| -rw-r--r-- | LICENSE_NOTES | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/LICENSE_NOTES b/LICENSE_NOTES new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f5abce --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE_NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +This project was initially started as a userspace testbed for kernel +and embedded development. In particular, some of this work has been +reused in the X15 and GNU/Hurd projects, which are licensed under GPLv3+ +and GPLv2 respectively. Some of it is also used in proprietary software. + +As a result, files found both in this library (under a BSD license) and +GPL covered projects (under a GPL license) are actually double licensed. +They can be reused from this library under the 2-clause BSD license. + +On the other hand, files licensed under the GPLv3+ aren't double licensed. +As a special exception, they may be reused in the GNU/Hurd project under +the GPLv2 license. |