[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 3/5] COPYING: add exception about patch licensing

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Luca" == Luca Ceresoli <luca@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