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diff --git a/docs/license.rst b/docs/license.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80f1118 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/license.rst @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +License +======= + +The software is provided under a BSD-3-Clause license (below). Contributions to +this project are accepted under the same license with developer sign-off as +described in the :ref:`Contributor's Guide`. + +:: + + Copyright (c) [XXXX-]YYYY, <OWNER>. All rights reserved. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, + are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: + + - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this + list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + + - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, + this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation + and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + + - Neither the name of Arm nor the names of its contributors may be used to + endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific + prior written permission. + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED + WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE + DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR + ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES + (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; + LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON + ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT + (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS + SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. + +SPDX Identifiers +---------------- + +Individual files contain the following tag instead of the full license text. + +:: + + SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + +This enables machine processing of license information based on the SPDX +License Identifiers that are here available: http://spdx.org/licenses/ + + +Other Projects +-------------- + +This project contains code from other projects as listed below. The original +license text is included in those source files. + +- The libc source code is derived from `FreeBSD`_ and `SCC`_. FreeBSD uses + various BSD licenses, including BSD-3-Clause and BSD-2-Clause. The SCC code + is used under the BSD-3-Clause license with the author's permission. + +- The libfdt source code is disjunctively dual licensed + (GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-2-Clause). It is used by this project under the terms of + the BSD-2-Clause license. Any contributions to this code must be made under + the terms of both licenses. + +- The LLVM compiler-rt source code is disjunctively dual licensed + (NCSA OR MIT). It is used by this project under the terms of the NCSA + license (also known as the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License), + which is a permissive license compatible with BSD-3-Clause. Any + contributions to this code must be made under the terms of both licenses. + +- The zlib source code is licensed under the Zlib license, which is a + permissive license compatible with BSD-3-Clause. + +- Some STMicroelectronics platform source code is disjunctively dual licensed + (GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-3-Clause). It is used by this project under the terms of the + BSD-3-Clause license. Any contributions to this code must be made under the + terms of both licenses. + +- Some source files originating from the Linux source tree, which are + disjunctively dual licensed (GPL-2.0 OR MIT), are redistributed under the + terms of the MIT license. These files are: + + - ``include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h`` + - ``include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h`` + + See the original `Linux MIT license`_. + +.. _FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org +.. _Linux MIT license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/torvalds/linux/master/LICENSES/preferred/MIT +.. _SCC: http://www.simple-cc.org/ |