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authorBen Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk>2020-07-15 14:39:18 +0100
committerBen Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk>2020-07-15 16:16:34 +0100
commit79830886716a9c2728a24c6692d5c8447aea5118 (patch)
tree97cf7d6d4abf3c459466fb3c7c6c038e56d29945
parentad2ca653536adfccbb90beec6bd717a0caafaac8 (diff)
downloadlorry-79830886716a9c2728a24c6692d5c8447aea5118.tar.gz
README: Move copyright and license statements to a LICENSE file
This is what git hosting services like GitLab expect.
-rw-r--r--LICENSE25
-rw-r--r--README.md26
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c415e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Codethink Limited
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+We carry 2 slightly modified git-fast-import frontends:
+
+lorry.tar-importer which is based on
+https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
+
+and lorry.zip-importer, which is based on
+https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py
+
+all parts of git are under a GPLv2 compatible license,
+see the git source code for more details.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e46408a..2db9838 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -293,28 +293,4 @@ Tips
Legal stuff
-----------
-Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Codethink Limited
-
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-
-We carry 2 slightly modified git-fast-import frontends:
-
-lorry.tar-importer which is based on
-https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
-
-and lorry.zip-importer, which is based on
-https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py
-
-all parts of git are under a GPLv2 compatible license,
-see the git source code for more details.
+See the LICENSE file.