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diff --git a/LICENSES.txt b/LICENSES.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea6312b --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSES.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +The software in this repository is under a number of licenses: + + # parabola sources + bin/ GPL v2+ + build-aux/ AGPL v3+ + go/src/nshd/ GPL v2+ + go/src/git.lukeshu.com/go/libgnulinux/crypt/ LGPL v2.1+ + go/src/git.lukeshu.com/go/libgnulinux/dl/ GPL v2+, with documentation output clarification + go/src/git.lukeshu.com/go/libgnulinux/getgr/ LGPL v2.1+ + go/src/git.lukeshu.com/go/libnslcd/ LGPL v2.1+ + go/src/git.lukeshu.com/go/libsystemd/ Apache v2.0 + common.mk WTFPL 2 + + # third-party sources + go/src/github.com/pkg/errors/ 2-clause BSD license + go/src/golang.org/x/sys/unix/ 3-clause BSD license + go/src/gopkg.in/check.v1/ 2-clause BSD license + go/src/gopkg.in/yaml.v2/ Apache v2.0 + + +The general notion is that the build system is AGPL (v3+), the core +application is GPL (v2+), while supporting libraries that might be +useful outside of this specific application are LGPL (v2.1+), with the +exceptions: + - The systemd package is Apache licensed because of code taken from + CoreOS and Docker. + - The dl package is GPL v2+ licensed because of wording in comments + taken from the Linux Programmer's Manual. + - pkg/errors, sys/unix, Gocheck, and YAML libraries use other + licenses because they are 3rd-party libraries, and that's how the + authors licensed them. + +The effective license of the 'nshd' program as a whole is GPL v3+; it +links together code that is GPL v2+ with code that is Apache v2.0; the +GPL v2 and Apache v2.0 are incompatible; while the GPL v3 (and +presumably future versions) is compatible with Apache v2.0; so one is +forced to take the "any later version" option on the GPL v2+ code. + +For more details, see each individual file. |