On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 06:54:13AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > +++ b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst > @@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ Linux kernel licensing rules > ============================ > > The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public > -License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as published by the Free Software > -Foundation, and provided in the COPYING file. This documentation file is > -not meant to replace the COPYING file, but provides a description of how > -each source file should be annotated to make the licensing it is governed > -under clear and unambiguous. > - > -The license in the COPYING file applies to the kernel source as a whole, > -though individual source files can have a different license which is > -required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0:: > +version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as written at LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0, ^^^ you dropped the word 'License' here Also, I think this should read "as provided in", not "as written at". > +with an explicit syscall exception described at s/at/in/ > +LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note, as described in the COPYING file. This phrasing is awkward with "desribed" used twice in the same sentence ... > +This documentation file is not meant to replace the Kernel's license, > +but provides a description of how each source file should be annotated > +to make the licensing it is governed under clear and unambiguous. I'd rather this said: This documentation file provides a description of how each source file should be annotated to make its license clear and unambiguous. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
