From: Zooko O'Whielacronx zooko@zooko.com Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:09:35 +0000 (+0530) Subject: zfec: update licence and install docs X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/specifications/%5B/%5D%20/somewhere?a=commitdiff_plain;h=546bd80b512858d4b7e22a2096c7a0027c50b137;p=tahoe-lafs%2Fzfec.git zfec: update licence and install docs darcs-hash:158a647b435352a26823c13e37dc257dad96f97b --- diff --git a/zfec/COPYING b/zfec/COPYING index 0c5b3e3..294b73f 100644 --- a/zfec/COPYING +++ b/zfec/COPYING @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ comes with the added permission that, if you become obligated to release a derived work under this licence (as per section 2.b), you may delay the fulfillment of this obligation for up to 12 months. +This licence also comes with the added permission that you may link this +program with the OpenSSL library and distribute executables, as long as you +follow the requirements of this licence in regard to all of the software in +the executable aside from OpenSSL. + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 diff --git a/zfec/README.txt b/zfec/README.txt index 3e11b45..987cd3d 100644 --- a/zfec/README.txt +++ b/zfec/README.txt @@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ This package implements an "erasure code", or "forward error correction code". -It is offered under the GNU General Public License as published by the Free -Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any -later version, with the added permission that, if you become obligated to -release a derived work under this licence (as per section 2.b), you may delay -the fulfillment of this obligation for up to 12 months. See the file COPYING -for details. +It is offered under the GNU General Public License (v2 or later), with the +added permission that, if you become obligated to release a derived work +under this licence (as per section 2.b), you may delay the fulfillment of +this obligation for up to 12 months. See the COPYING file for details. The most widely known example of an erasure code is the RAID-5 algorithm which makes it so that in the event of the loss of any one hard drive, the @@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ build and install the package directly into your system, just run "python ./setup.py install". If you prefer to keep the package limited to a specific directory so that you can explicitly manage it (perhaps by using the "GNU stow") tool, then give it these arguments: "python ./setup.py install ---prefix= --root=$specificdirectory". +--prefix=. --root=$specificdirectory". * Community