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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-09-16 18:19:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-09-16 18:19:03 +0000 |
| commit | 2b689e3af421bdd35ccd34cdc733d4d8a40843b3 (patch) | |
| tree | dc0754b353914d026743560b8fa8977dc407fe99 /LICENSES | |
| parent | Releasing progress-linux version 256.1-2~progress7.99u1. (diff) | |
| download | systemd-2b689e3af421bdd35ccd34cdc733d4d8a40843b3.tar.xz systemd-2b689e3af421bdd35ccd34cdc733d4d8a40843b3.zip | |
Merging upstream version 256.2.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'LICENSES')
| -rw-r--r-- | LICENSES/README.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/LICENSES/README.md b/LICENSES/README.md index ea21baf..76fd437 100644 --- a/LICENSES/README.md +++ b/LICENSES/README.md @@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ The 'LICENSES/' directory contains all the licenses used by the sources included the systemd project source tree. Unless otherwise noted, the systemd project sources are licensed under the terms -and conditions of the **GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later**. +and conditions of +**LGPL-2.1-or-later** (**GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later**). + +Unless otherwise noted, compiled programs and all shared or static libraries +include sources under **LGPL-2.1-or-later** along with more permissive +licenses, and are effectively licensed **LGPL-2.1-or-later**. +systemd-udevd and other udev helper programs also include sources under +**GPL-2.0-or-later**, and are effectively licensed **GPL-2.0-or-later**. New sources that cannot be distributed under LGPL-2.1-or-later will no longer be accepted for inclusion in the systemd project to maintain license uniformity. @@ -22,8 +29,9 @@ be accepted for inclusion in the systemd project to maintain license uniformity. The following exceptions apply: - * some udev sources under src/udev/ are licensed under **GPL-2.0-or-later**, so the - udev binaries as a whole are also distributed under **GPL-2.0-or-later**. + * some sources under src/udev/ are licensed under **GPL-2.0-or-later**, + so all udev programs (`systemd-udevd`, `udevadm`, and the udev builtins + and test programs) are also distributed under **GPL-2.0-or-later**. * the header files contained in src/basic/linux/ and src/shared/linux/ are copied verbatim from the Linux kernel source tree and are licensed under **GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note** and are used within the scope of the Linux-syscall-note |