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docs/manual: slightly clarify patch licensing

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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>
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Luca Ceresoli 2016-02-01 23:19:53 +01:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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@ -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.