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authorgdisirio <gdisirio@35acf78f-673a-0410-8e92-d51de3d6d3f4>2010-05-24 14:25:37 +0000
committergdisirio <gdisirio@35acf78f-673a-0410-8e92-d51de3d6d3f4>2010-05-24 14:25:37 +0000
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Preparations for 2.0.0 release.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/chibios/svn/trunk@1951 35acf78f-673a-0410-8e92-d51de3d6d3f4
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-rw-r--r--docs/src/credits.dox45
-rw-r--r--docs/src/licfaq.dox8
2 files changed, 47 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/src/credits.dox b/docs/src/credits.dox
index 28343dc14..bb65a625e 100644
--- a/docs/src/credits.dox
+++ b/docs/src/credits.dox
@@ -18,9 +18,50 @@
*/
/**
- * @page credits Credits
- * @brief Contributors
+ * @page credits Copyright and Credits
+ * @brief Copyright and Credits
*
+ * <h2>Copyright Statement</h2>
+@verbatim
+ ChibiOS/RT - Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 Giovanni Di Sirio.
+@endverbatim
+ *
+ * <h2>Contributions and Copyright Assignment</h2>
+ * Contributing to the ChibiOS/RT project requires assigning the copyright
+ * on the contributed code to myself (Giovanni Di Sirio).<br>
+ * There are several reasons for this requirement:
+ * - ChibiOS/RT will probably become also a commercial product and I could not
+ * re-license the code without ownership. Note that the commercial product
+ * would not be a different or better product, just the same GPL product
+ * made available, on request, under a different license. The code will
+ * always be available to you under the current licensing terms.
+ * - I need ownership when changing the licensing terms and this happens
+ * each time the project goes from development/unstable to stable and
+ * back because the addition/removal of the GPL linking exception.
+ * - It will be easier for the project adopters to have a single ownership
+ * point in case of licensing issues (both GPL or commercial).
+ * - Losing the ownership on the code could preclude me the opportunity to
+ * make this project a full time job as I hope.
+ * - I definitely don't want to have to sort out copyright related issues
+ * in the future so better be clear than sorry.
+ * .
+ * Note that contributions will always be welcome even without such copyright
+ * assignment, the difference is that the contributed code would not be
+ * merged into the main line, it will still made available as contributed
+ * code with the contributor(s) copyright notice intact.<br>
+ * Submissions of code with copyright notice should only happen through
+ * email, please do not commit code with copyright notices directly on
+ * the repository.<br>
+ * When submitting code please <b>state clearly your intention to keep the
+ * copyright</b> on your work by adding your own copyright notice within the
+ * source code and by clearly mentioning your intentions in the message. Code
+ * contributed without copyright notice will be considered donated.<br>
+ * If in doubt with licensing issues please don't hesitate to contact me
+ * in order to sort out any problem you may have.<br>
+ * Of course the copyright assignment does not mean you would not be
+ * recognized for your hard work, see the following section.
+ *
+ * <h2>Credits</h2>
* I want to thank to all the people that directly or indirectly contributed
* to the project, I beg pardon if someone is missing:
* - <b>Adamo Reggiani</b>, working on the Fujitsu port.
diff --git a/docs/src/licfaq.dox b/docs/src/licfaq.dox
index ff8ccae0d..f2563134c 100644
--- a/docs/src/licfaq.dox
+++ b/docs/src/licfaq.dox
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
* .
* - <b>Is the exception applicable to any ChibiOS/RT version ?</b><br>
* The exception is valid only for ChibiOS/RT releases marked as @e stable.
- * Beta or unstable versions are covered by the GPL3 alone because are meant
- * for testing only.
+ * Beta, unstable or development versions are covered by the GPL3 alone
+ * because are meant for testing only.
* - <b>I don't want to be bound by any of the above restriction, is this
* possible?</b><br>
* You may contact us about a commercial license.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ in this paragraph.
-# The files of Non-GPL Code may link to the unmodified ChibiOS/RT
distribution files contained under:
- ./os/kernel/src
- - ./os/hal/sec
+ - ./os/hal/src
- ./os/hal/platforms
- ./os/various
.
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@ Program code and other code used in conjunction with the Program except the
Non-GPL Code covered by this exception.
*
*/
-
+