From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 03:44:42 +0000 (-0700) Subject: clarify licence X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/using.html?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8c2ba22ad51b8dc98ac25db18c904eaa700687aa;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git clarify licence --- diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index 8b01e53b..d22cb2ac 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ In addition to the terms of the GNU General Public License, this licence also 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 ("grace period"). You must -include this same added permission (the "grace period" clause) in the licence -under which your derived work is released. +fulfillment of this obligation for up to 12 months ("grace period"). If you +are obligated to release code under section 2.b of this licence, such code +must be released under these same terms including the 12-month grace period +clause. 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 diff --git a/README b/README index 7ca8e3e8..40257a6d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ LICENCE: Tahoe 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. + this obligation for up to 12 months. If you are obligated to release code + under section 2.b of this licence, such code must be released under these + same terms including the 12-month grace period clause. See the COPYING file + for details. GETTING PRECOMPILED BINARIES: