Update version number ready for the V8.2.3 release.

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/freertos/code/trunk@2390 1d2547de-c912-0410-9cb9-b8ca96c0e9e2

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/FreeRTOS/License/license.txt b/FreeRTOS/License/license.txt
index 423f3d181..bda8519a0 100644
--- a/FreeRTOS/License/license.txt
+++ b/FreeRTOS/License/license.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-The FreeRTOS source code is licensed by a *modified* GNU General Public

-License (GPL).  The modification is provided in the form of an exception.

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 NOTE: The modification to the GPL is included to allow you to distribute a

 combined work that includes FreeRTOS without being obliged to provide the source

-code for proprietary components outside of the FreeRTOS kernel.

-

-

+code for proprietary components.

 

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@@ -13,39 +10,29 @@ The FreeRTOS GPL Exception Text:
 

 Any FreeRTOS source code, whether modified or in it's original release form,

 or whether in whole or in part, can only be distributed by you under the terms

-of the GNU General Public License plus this exception. An independent module is

+of the GNU General Public License plus this exception.  An independent module is

 a module which is not derived from or based on FreeRTOS.

 

 Clause 1:

 

-Linking FreeRTOS statically or dynamically with other modules is making a

-combined work based on FreeRTOS. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU

-General Public License cover the whole combination.

-

-As a special exception, the copyright holder of FreeRTOS gives you permission

-to link FreeRTOS with independent modules that communicate with FreeRTOS

-solely through the FreeRTOS API interface, regardless of the license terms of

-these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting combined

-work under terms of your choice, provided that

-

-  + Every copy of the combined work is accompanied by a written statement that

-  details to the recipient the version of FreeRTOS used and an offer by yourself

-  to provide the FreeRTOS source code (including any modifications you may have

-  made) should the recipient request it.

-

-  + The combined work is not itself an RTOS, scheduler, kernel or related product.

+Linking FreeRTOS with other modules is making a combined work based on FreeRTOS.

+Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License V2 cover the

+whole combination.

 

-  + The independent modules add significant and primary functionality that is

-  unrelated to multitasking, intertask communication or intertask signalling -

-  and therefore do not merely extend the functionality already present in

-  FreeRTOS.

+As a special exception, the copyright holders of FreeRTOS give you permission to

+link FreeRTOS with independent modules to produce a statically linked

+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to

+copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice,

+provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and

+conditions of the license of that module.  An independent module is a module

+which is not derived from or based on FreeRTOS.

 

 Clause 2:

 

-FreeRTOS may not be used for any competitive or comparative purpose, including the

-publication of any form of run time or compile time metric, without the express

-permission of Real Time Engineers Ltd. (this is the norm within the industry and

-is intended to ensure information accuracy).

+FreeRTOS may not be used for any competitive or comparative purpose, including

+the publication of any form of run time or compile time metric, without the

+express permission of Real Time Engineers Ltd. (this is the norm within the

+industry and is intended to ensure information accuracy).

 

 

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