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| author | Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com> | 2012-05-30 20:04:57 -0700 |
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| committer | Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com> | 2012-05-30 21:05:19 -0700 |
| commit | 367378863bcc6801f5ae5ad786c09d39e0890370 (patch) | |
| tree | 91254415754a6fb83f0a381082f62a9ed3a3c7bc /doc | |
| parent | 4b3d533616e9856ff498fb5b0ddd39982cb46250 (diff) | |
license: Convert from Apache 2.0 to BSD
Jordan Justen brought to my attention that, according to the Apache and
GNU websites, Apache 2.0 is incompatible with GPLv2 because GPLv2 lacks
a patent indemnification clause. (It is compatible with GPLv3, however).
See [1] [2] [3].
By the same logic, a lawyer could argue that Apache 2.0 is also
incompatible, in one direction only, with minimal gift licenses such as
BSD and MIT.
I do not want license incompatibility to prevent any project from using
Waffle's code, so I'm converting the project to use the most liberal
license possible, BSD 2-clause [4].
[1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
[2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License#GPL_compatibility
[4] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
CC: Jordan Justen <jljusten@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/submitting-patches.txt | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/submitting-patches.txt b/doc/submitting-patches.txt index 255173b..0e5ed4d 100644 --- a/doc/submitting-patches.txt +++ b/doc/submitting-patches.txt @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ touching existing files. Copyright --------- -If the patch adds a new file, the file must contain the Apache 2.0 copyright +If the patch adds a new file, the file must contain the BSD copyright header. Just copy the same header block used throughout Waffle. You may assign the copyright to yourself, your organization, or Intel, Waffle's dominant copyright holder. |