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| author | Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com> | 2014-06-23 18:50:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com> | 2014-09-06 15:50:12 -0700 |
| commit | 339a157253f8769992519d5ed9ab4b4860c2670b (patch) | |
| tree | 58bbddb487e828ce9115413b58493c76d057e8e7 | |
| parent | 551a9ad102e8b650db288e08ce442af48b308689 (diff) | |
| download | waffle-339a157253f8769992519d5ed9ab4b4860c2670b.tar.gz | |
HACKING: Improve advice on copyright
Make it more simple and more explicit.
List preferred licenses for Waffle: BSD, MIT, Apache 2.0.
Signed-off-by: Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | HACKING.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/HACKING.txt b/HACKING.txt index 1e1922f..ca74bb8 100644 --- a/HACKING.txt +++ b/HACKING.txt @@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ Exceptions are unavoidable, however, so use common sense. Copyright --------- - -If the patch adds a new file, the file must contain the BSD copyright -header. Just copy the same header block used throughout Waffle. You may -assign the copyright to yourself, your organization, or Intel, Waffle's -dominant copyright holder. - -If the patch substantially alters an existing file, you may add yourself or -your organization to that file's copyright holders. +When making substantial changes to existing files, you may add yourself or your +organization to that file's copyright header. + +If adding new files, do not use a copyleft license (such as the GPL). All +Waffle source code must be licensed under a liberal opensource license (such as +BSD). To reduce license proliferation, Waffle prefers (but does not require) +that new code be licensed under one of the following licenses: BSD, MIT, Apache +2.0. Sign your work |