[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/5] docs/manual: slightly clarify patch licensing

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Tue Feb 2 08:58:33 UTC 2016


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 <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>

Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>

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
> 

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