From b9649d8627005d997fabc45ae5383cf175bb11c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "kfraser@localhost.localdomain" Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:13:12 +0000 Subject: [XEN] License clarification. Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser --- xen/COPYING | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'xen/COPYING') diff --git a/xen/COPYING b/xen/COPYING index fb8fcc90fc..9bfc971fc4 100644 --- a/xen/COPYING +++ b/xen/COPYING @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ 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 -- cgit v1.2.3