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| author | Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net> | 2016-02-01 23:19:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> | 2016-02-25 11:33:00 +0100 |
| commit | 8ab41aed2c30ae7d040551224f579c2d8b3adc3e (patch) | |
| tree | 33b22d5e1ad55591418682ef4445a76dd019e441 /docs | |
| parent | 5ea3bce87c49999bc8225518e891d6c3d31270d3 (diff) | |
docs/manual: slightly clarify patch licensing
Adding a patch is a modification to Buildroot. Thus this sentence might be
interpreted as "Patches are released under the Buildroot license".
Being a legal matter, the last thing we want is to be
ambiguous. Reword the sentence to avoid any misunderstandings.
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 0b4604e5c..d50c971c9 100644 --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ If something goes wrong in the steps _3_ or _4_, then the build fails. === Format and licensing of the package patches -Patches are released under the same license as the software that is -modified. +Patches are released under the same license as the software they apply +to. A message explaining what the patch does, and why it is needed, should be added in the header commentary of the patch. |