From fccd8d300d843d539052f453e019e880f8f825e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keir Fraser Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:09:02 +0000 Subject: COPYING: Add discussion about GPL compatibility of Modified BSD licenses. Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser --- COPYING | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'COPYING') diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index cf891e3892..07535ad7ea 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ the files in this repository are concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (i.e., *only* v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. +Some code fragments in the hypervisor and associated subsystems +include the 2- or 3-clause BSD license stanzas (also known as Modified +BSD licenses). When these code sections are compiled as part of a +GPLv2-licensed program, such as Xen, the result is licensed under +GPLv2. See the FSF's definition of GPL compatibility: + http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesCompatMean +And how this applies to a range of open source licenses: + http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html + Licensing Exceptions (the relaxed BSD-style license) ---------------------------------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3