docs: add README.licensing

There is not only one unique license for all code in utl-linux-ng. We
have mix of utils with Public Domain, BSD, GPLv2 or GPLv2+. This thing
should be more transparent to avoid misunderstanding.

Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1cce174add4583a4618aef826538a219a9d44b2f..4073d709b4f616e9d88aee48b18e544769224e19 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 EXTRA_DIST = \
                autogen.sh \
                README.devel \
+               README.licensing \
                licenses \
                example.files \
                po/update-potfiles \

diff --git a/README.licensing b/README.licensing
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..67eabdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.licensing
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+The project utils-linux-ng doesn't use same license for all code. There are
+code with:
+
+   * GPLv2+ (GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version)
+
+   * GPLv2 (GNU General Public License version 2)
+
+   * BSD License
+
+   * Public Domain
+
+Please, check source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
+of each source file.
+
+The /COPYING file (GPLv2+) is the default license for code without an explicitly
+defined license.
+