From efe8ff4b35009076eb6186419c2a9e37f93e15cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 20:03:22 +0200 Subject: New directory with license notices. * etc/license-notices/*: New files. --- etc/license-notices/README | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 etc/license-notices/README (limited to 'etc/license-notices/README') 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", +. + +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. -- cgit v1.2.1