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author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2016-05-24 12:16:39 +0300 |
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committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2016-06-23 11:09:17 +0300 |
commit | 6e623e9320d25b1f0c2ad0c2ed581ec5dcb85c50 (patch) | |
tree | a9681e8b6cd66f0f1dc3f2f164141ef7fa064cea /winsup/doc/intro.xml | |
parent | 94e3a561d053ca1b00f16d81d4ade2884ea45b54 (diff) |
Switching the Cygwin DLL to LGPLv3+, dropping commercial buyout optioncygwin-2_5_2-release
Bump GPLv2+ to GPLv3+ for some files, clarify BSD 2-clause.
Everything else stays under GPLv3+.
New Linking Exception exempts resulting executables from LGPLv3 section 4.
Add CONTRIBUTORS file to keep track of licensing.
Remove 'Copyright Red Hat Inc' comments.
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/intro.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/intro.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/intro.xml b/winsup/doc/intro.xml index 96cfd212f..5e96d8b5b 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/intro.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/intro.xml @@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ including FAQ, User's Guide, and API Reference. The <emphasis>Cygwin</emphasis> website should be considered the authoritative source of information. The source code, released under the <emphasis>GNU - General Public License, Version 3 (GPLv3+)</emphasis>, is also available - from the website or one of the mirrors.</para> + General Public License, Version 3 (GPLv3+)</emphasis> and + <emphasis>Lesser GNU General Public License, Version 3 (LGPLv3+)</emphasis>, + is also available from the website or one of the mirrors.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>COMPATIBILITY</title> @@ -142,7 +143,8 @@ url="http://cygwin.com"/>. The website has extensive documentation, including FAQ, User's Guide, and API Reference. It should be considered the authoritative source of information. The source code, released under - the <emphasis>GNU General Public License, Version 3 (GPLv3+)</emphasis>, + the <emphasis>GNU General Public License, Version 3 (GPLv3+)</emphasis> and + <emphasis>Lesser GNU General Public License, Version 3 (LGPLv3+)</emphasis>, is also available from the website or one of the mirrors.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |