docs/manual: contribute: fix license string for Buildroot license
PATCH 1/1 docs/manual: contribute: fix license string for Buildroot license
As per section 12.2 "Complying with the Buildroot license", Buildroot is released under GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version. But SPDX license string for Buildroot license in section 21.5 "Submitting patches" refers to only GPL version 2. Fix this inconsistency by using correct SPDX identifier.
--- docs/manual/contribute.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
docs/manual/contribute.txt +1 -1
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Finally, the patch should be signed off. This is done by adding +Signed-off-by: Your Real Name <[email protected]>+ at the end of the commit message. +git commit -s+ does that for you, if configured properly. The +Signed-off-by+ tag means that you publish the patch -under the Buildroot license (i.e. GPL-2.0, except for package patches, +under the Buildroot license (i.e. GPL-2.0+, except for package patches, which have the upstream license), and that you are allowed to do so. See http://developercertificate.org/[the Developer Certificate of Origin] for details.
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Thomas Petazzoni
AppliedPATCH 1/1 docs/manual: contribute: fix license string for Buildroot license
Hello,
Quoted 10 lines · Rahul Bedarkar
As per section 12.2 "Complying with the Buildroot license", Buildroot is released under GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version. But SPDX license string for Buildroot license in section 21.5 "Submitting patches" refers to only GPL version 2. Fix this inconsistency by using correct SPDX identifier.
Signed-off-by Rahul Bedarkar <[email protected]>--- docs/manual/contribute.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied to master, thanks.
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com