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diff --git a/etc/license-notices/README b/etc/license-notices/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b2cb85b8c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/etc/license-notices/README @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +This directory contains license notices, ready for copy-and-pasting into +Gnulib source files. + +The wording is based on the Maintainers Guide, section "License Notices", +<https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices.html>. + +Instead of "this program", we write "this file", because Gnulib files +are very often copied into other packages, and we want to avoid the +impression that the entire package is under a weaker license than it +actually is. + +The difference between 'unlimited' and 'public domain' is that 'unlimited' +still requires the license notice to be preserved, while 'public domain' +does not. |