From 8ab41aed2c30ae7d040551224f579c2d8b3adc3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Ceresoli Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 23:19:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Cc: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 0b4604e5c3..d50c971c95 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.