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authorkaf24@localhost.localdomain <kaf24@localhost.localdomain>2006-11-08 00:03:11 +0000
committerkaf24@localhost.localdomain <kaf24@localhost.localdomain>2006-11-08 00:03:11 +0000
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[XEN] Put the non-GPL license text in each public header file.
This excludes arch-powerpc.h and xencomm.h which require confirmation from the original authors that the existing GPL text can be removed and replaced. Original patch from: Mark Johnson <mark.johnson@sun.com> Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
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@@ -9,20 +9,17 @@ Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Xen
virtual machine monitor) is copyrighted by me and others who actually
wrote it.
-Further note that the guest-OS interfacing header files, which
-includes all files within the subdirectory include/public, are
-*not* covered by the GPL but by a much weaker license:
- include/public/COPYING
-
-A few other files are also licensed under the weaker BSD-style
-license. These files all include the license stanza as a text
-comment. Although this stanza refers to the "Software", the license
-applies *only* those source files that explicitly include it.
-
-Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as Xen is
-concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (i.e., *only*
-v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise
-stated.
+A few files are licensed under both GPL and a weaker BSD-style
+license. This includes all files within the subdirectory
+include/public, as described in include/public/COPYING. All such files
+include the non-GPL license text as a source-code comment. Although
+the license text refers generically to "the software", the non-GPL
+license applies *only* to those source files that explicitly include
+the non-GPL license text.
+
+Note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as Xen is concerned
+is _this_ particular version of the license (i.e., *only* v2, not v2.2
+or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated.
-- Keir Fraser (on behalf of the Xen team)