From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/5] docs/manual: slightly clarify patch licensing
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 19:53:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160201195312.09e2d34f@free-electrons.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454338344-24973-3-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net>
Luca,
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 15:52:21 +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> 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 <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
> ---
> 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..cfda5c5 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 that they
> +modify.
"as the software that they apply to" ?
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-01 18:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-01 14:52 [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/5] Patch file clarification & Co Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 14:52 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/5] Update copyright year Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 14:52 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/5] docs/manual: slightly clarify patch licensing Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 18:53 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2016-02-01 18:57 ` Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 14:52 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/5] COPYING: add exception about " Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 18:54 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-02-01 14:52 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 4/5] docs/manual: add section " Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 18:55 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-02-01 22:12 ` Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 14:52 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 5/5] legal-info: explicitly state how patches are licensed Luca Ceresoli
2016-02-01 18:55 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-02-01 20:21 ` Yann E. MORIN
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