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author | Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> | 2025-09-26 10:45:46 +0100 |
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committer | Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> | 2025-09-29 11:56:16 -0600 |
commit | a239b0b0b6dbe6a168969b8cd6e600cf85db278d (patch) | |
tree | 7e069faef988b56a830cb4cef81d93878ce9d3f7 | |
parent | 26efc940c865a04d345ac9d39f71746fc2821da6 (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>
l--------- | COPYING | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING new file mode 120000 index 00000000000..1ed3ba6a13c --- /dev/null +++ b/COPYING @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
\ No newline at end of file |