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authorPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2015-05-28 08:12:33 +1000
committerPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2015-06-01 15:43:33 +1000
commitfbead87edb46dc9e6d0e6aab2ae51f6eef068260 (patch)
tree771b6adb958c20ce325dce7b33ca3628ef5b5301
parentc388a7e2fe68226ec9b9cb59700e9845fd7501c9 (diff)
COPYING: note that having linux/input.h in the tree does not make libinput GPL
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
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+++ b/COPYING
@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+
+libinput ships a copy of the GPL-licensed Linux kernel's linux/input.h
+header file. [1] This does not make libinput GPL.
+This copy is provided to provide consistent behavior regardless which kernel
+version libinput is compiled against. The header is used during compilation
+only, libinput does not link against GPL libraries.
+
+[1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/libinput/tree/include/linux/input.h