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authorDaniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>2025-09-26 10:45:46 +0100
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2025-09-29 11:56:16 -0600
commita239b0b0b6dbe6a168969b8cd6e600cf85db278d (patch)
tree7e069faef988b56a830cb4cef81d93878ce9d3f7
parent26efc940c865a04d345ac9d39f71746fc2821da6 (diff)
Add symlink from gpl-2.0.txt to a COPYING file
While it is good that the "Licenses/" directory contains the text for all licenses that are applicable to u-boot code, it is harder to determine at a glance what the default and/or preferred license is. While humans can look at the Licenses/README file, this is not machine parseable, making it tricky for license detection tools to automatically determine/report on the overall / aggregate u-boot license. The project previously had a top level COPYING file containing a short blurb, followed by the GPL license text. This was removed back in commit eca3aeb352c964bdb28b8e191d6326370245e03f when the "Licenses/" directory was introduced. For the benefit of automated tools, it is helpful to retain a top level COPYING file in the repository. Rather than duplicate the license text, however, a symlink from the Licenses/gpl-2.0.txt file should suffice. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Reported-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> Acked-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
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+Licenses/gpl-2.0.txt \ No newline at end of file