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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2024-06-28 13:22:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2024-06-28 13:46:58 +0200 |
| commit | bd7236912f373e0a06a1b0395000ec67d96767af (patch) | |
| tree | db09b11c138900bdde461662bf797affb848dbaa /LICENSES | |
| parent | meson: Drop genkey target (diff) | |
| download | systemd-bd7236912f373e0a06a1b0395000ec67d96767af.tar.xz systemd-bd7236912f373e0a06a1b0395000ec67d96767af.zip | |
LICENSES/README: expand text to summarize state for binaries and libs
We would say how *sources* are licensed, but actually most user care about the
resulting binaries. So say how the *binaries* are licensed. I used the word
"effectively" because the permissive licenses don't set any requirements on the
binaries, so the license of sources is a complex mix, but the resulting
binaries have a simple effective license.
Also, make it clear that the GPLv2 license applies to udev programs, but not
the shared library. Based on private correspondence, there's some confusion
about this.
Diffstat (limited to 'LICENSES')
| -rw-r--r-- | LICENSES/README.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/LICENSES/README.md b/LICENSES/README.md index ea21bafcac..76fd437cf7 100644 --- a/LICENSES/README.md +++ b/LICENSES/README.md @@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ The 'LICENSES/' directory contains all the licenses used by the sources included the systemd project source tree. Unless otherwise noted, the systemd project sources are licensed under the terms -and conditions of the **GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later**. +and conditions of +**LGPL-2.1-or-later** (**GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later**). + +Unless otherwise noted, compiled programs and all shared or static libraries +include sources under **LGPL-2.1-or-later** along with more permissive +licenses, and are effectively licensed **LGPL-2.1-or-later**. +systemd-udevd and other udev helper programs also include sources under +**GPL-2.0-or-later**, and are effectively licensed **GPL-2.0-or-later**. New sources that cannot be distributed under LGPL-2.1-or-later will no longer be accepted for inclusion in the systemd project to maintain license uniformity. @@ -22,8 +29,9 @@ be accepted for inclusion in the systemd project to maintain license uniformity. The following exceptions apply: - * some udev sources under src/udev/ are licensed under **GPL-2.0-or-later**, so the - udev binaries as a whole are also distributed under **GPL-2.0-or-later**. + * some sources under src/udev/ are licensed under **GPL-2.0-or-later**, + so all udev programs (`systemd-udevd`, `udevadm`, and the udev builtins + and test programs) are also distributed under **GPL-2.0-or-later**. * the header files contained in src/basic/linux/ and src/shared/linux/ are copied verbatim from the Linux kernel source tree and are licensed under **GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note** and are used within the scope of the Linux-syscall-note |