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| author | Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com> | 2023-02-22 23:50:04 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-02-22 23:50:04 +0000 |
| commit | 11579d591e4601f941b20463ea5ac5b68414c47c (patch) | |
| tree | 596f9a1855a9900d815675526af51d0f5698bd8f | |
| parent | 5561070c3787385ceca01cbde6bb26573d1c6292 (diff) | |
| parent | 3ebe0741f7d41e4e9fcd64feca347f86ea8b70d7 (diff) | |
| download | libgit2-11579d591e4601f941b20463ea5ac5b68414c47c.tar.gz | |
Merge pull request #6494 from libgit2/ethomson/clarify_readme
README: clarify the linking exception
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ and on Git hosting providers like [GitHub](https://github.com/), We perform the merge every time you click "merge pull request". `libgit2` is licensed under a **very permissive license** (GPLv2 with a special -Linking Exception). This basically means that you can link it (unmodified) -with any kind of software without having to release its source code. +Linking Exception). This means that you can link against the library with any +kind of software without making that software fall under the GPL. +Changes to libgit2 would still be covered under its GPL license. Additionally, the example code has been released to the public domain (see the [separate license](examples/COPYING) for more information). |