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| author | Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com> | 2012-05-30 20:04:57 -0700 |
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| committer | Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com> | 2012-05-30 21:05:19 -0700 |
| commit | 367378863bcc6801f5ae5ad786c09d39e0890370 (patch) | |
| tree | 91254415754a6fb83f0a381082f62a9ed3a3c7bc /README.txt | |
| parent | 4b3d533616e9856ff498fb5b0ddd39982cb46250 (diff) | |
| download | waffle-367378863bcc6801f5ae5ad786c09d39e0890370.tar.gz | |
license: Convert from Apache 2.0 to BSD
Jordan Justen brought to my attention that, according to the Apache and
GNU websites, Apache 2.0 is incompatible with GPLv2 because GPLv2 lacks
a patent indemnification clause. (It is compatible with GPLv3, however).
See [1] [2] [3].
By the same logic, a lawyer could argue that Apache 2.0 is also
incompatible, in one direction only, with minimal gift licenses such as
BSD and MIT.
I do not want license incompatibility to prevent any project from using
Waffle's code, so I'm converting the project to use the most liberal
license possible, BSD 2-clause [4].
[1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
[2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License#GPL_compatibility
[4] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
CC: Jordan Justen <jljusten@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com>
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 19 deletions
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ mailing-list: waffle@lists.freedesktop.org maintainer: Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com> source: git://people.freedesktop.org/~chadversary/waffle.git gitweb: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~chadversary/waffle -license: Apache 2.0 [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0] +license: BSD [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php] Installing @@ -50,21 +50,3 @@ On Linux, you likely want to do this: For full details on configuring, building, and installing Waffle, see /doc/building.txt. - - -License -======= - -For a list of copyright holders, see NOTICE.txt. - -Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); -you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. -You may obtain a copy of the License at - - http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 - -Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software -distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, -WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. -See the License for the specific language governing permissions and -limitations under the License. |