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| author | Bryce Harrington <bryce@osg.samsung.com> | 2015-06-10 11:48:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Bryce Harrington <bryce@osg.samsung.com> | 2015-06-12 15:31:23 -0700 |
| commit | 2e6e0fc811ed0207b1d2c3d3ebfc95010189dfa2 (patch) | |
| tree | 87acb37effa0426bc0b57e8b2fd7ceab3644e922 /doc | |
| parent | COPYING: Update to MIT Expat License rather than MIT X License (diff) | |
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Contributing: Specify use of MIT Expat for new code files
Signed-off-by: Bryce Harrington <bryce@osg.samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.co.uk>
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diff --git a/doc/Contributing b/doc/Contributing index c51b7e8..39c3e39 100644 --- a/doc/Contributing +++ b/doc/Contributing @@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ my_function(void) x = function_with_a_really_long_name(parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4); +== Licensing == + +Wayland is licensed with the intention to be usable anywhere X.org is. +Originally, X.org was covered under the MIT X11 license, but changed to +the MIT Expat license. Similarly, Wayland was covered initially as MIT +X11 licensed, but changed to the MIT Expat license, following in X.org's +footsteps. Other than wording, the two licenses are substantially the +same, with the exeption of a no-advertising clause in X11 not included +in Expat. + +New source code files should specify the MIT Expat license in their +boilerplate, as part of the copyright statement. + == References == [1] http://git-scm.com/documentation |