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diff --git a/xen/COPYING b/xen/COPYING index 5b6e7c66c2..36736250ee 100644 --- a/xen/COPYING +++ b/xen/COPYING @@ -1,3 +1,28 @@ + XEN NOTICE + ========== + +This copyright does *not* cover guest operating systems that use +Xen services via normal hypercalls - this is merely considered normal +use of Xen, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work". +Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software +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/hypervisor-ifs, are +*not* covered by the GPL but by a much weaker license: + include/hypervisor-ifs/COPYING + +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. + + -- Keir Fraser (on behalf of the Xen team) + +===================================================================== + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 |