From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:27:55 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: docs: add README.licensing
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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 1cce174a..4073d709 100644
--- 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
index 00000000..67eabdc5
--- /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.
+