On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:55:13 -0700 Bryce Harrington <[email protected]> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Bryce Harrington <[email protected]> > --- > doc/Contributing | 13 +++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/Contributing b/doc/Contributing > index c51b7e8..39c3e39 100644 > --- a/doc/Contributing > +++ b/doc/Contributing > @@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ my_function(void) > x = function_with_a_really_long_name(parameter1, parameter2, > parameter3, parameter4); > > +== Licensing == > + > +Wayland is licensed with the intention to be usable anywhere X.org is. > +Originally, X.org was covered under the MIT X11 license, but changed to > +the MIT Expat license. Similarly, Wayland was covered initially as MIT > +X11 licensed, but changed to the MIT Expat license, following in X.org's > +footsteps. Other than wording, the two licenses are substantially the > +same, with the exeption of a no-advertising clause in X11 not included > +in Expat. > + > +New source code files should specify the MIT Expat license in their > +boilerplate, as part of the copyright statement. > + Hi, the added explanation looks good to me. Let's also add the explicit license links here so that there is no confusion: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#Expat Opensource.org calls the chosen license as "MIT" and gnu.org calls it "Expat". It seems Debian calls it "MIT License (Expat)": https://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/mit Thanks, pq _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
