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docs/manual: add section about patch licensing

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Use the same text that is used in COPYING.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Steve Calfee <stevecalfee@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Luca Ceresoli 2016-03-01 12:01:04 +01:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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docs/manual/legal-notice.txt
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@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ Buildroot, with the name used in the manifest files:
http://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html[
Apache License, version 2.0];
[[legal-info-buildroot]]
=== Complying with the Buildroot license
Buildroot itself is an open source software, released under the
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html[GNU General Public
License, version 2] or (at your option) any later version.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html[GNU General
Public License, version 2] or (at your option) any later version, with
the exception of the package patches detailed below.
However, being a build system, it is not normally part of the end product:
if you develop the root filesystem, kernel, bootloader or toolchain for a
device, the code of Buildroot is only present on the development machine, not
@ -159,3 +161,14 @@ material that must be redistributed.
Keep in mind that this is only the Buildroot developers' opinion, and you
should consult your legal department or lawyer in case of any doubt.
==== Patches to packages
Buildroot also bundles patch files, which are applied to the sources
of the various packages. Those patches are not covered by the license
of Buildroot. Instead, they are covered by the license of the software
to which the patches are applied. When said software is available
under multiple licenses, the Buildroot patches are only provided under
the publicly accessible licenses.
See xref:patch-policy[] for the technical details.

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@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ 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 they apply
to.
to (see xref:legal-info-buildroot[]).
A message explaining what the patch does, and why it is needed, should
be added in the header commentary of the patch.