Make it clear in the directory name that these are not intended for new code. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- Documentation/process/license-rules.rst | 8 ++++---- LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/GPL-1.0 | 0 LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/ISC | 0 LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/Linux-OpenIB | 0 LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/X11 | 0 5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) rename LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/GPL-1.0 (100%) rename LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/ISC (100%) rename LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/Linux-OpenIB (100%) rename LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/X11 (100%) diff --git a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst index 507b695fa9da..2ef44ada3f11 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst @@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ kernel, can be broken down into: | -2. Not recommended licenses: +2. Deprecated licenses: These licenses should only be used for existing code or for importing code from a different project. These licenses are available from the directory:: - LICENSES/other/ + LICENSES/deprecated/ in the kernel source tree. @@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ kernel, can be broken down into: Examples:: - LICENSES/other/ISC + LICENSES/deprecated/ISC Contains the Internet Systems Consortium license text and the required metatags:: - LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0 + LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0 Contains the GPL version 1 license text and the required metatags. diff --git a/LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0 similarity index 100% rename from LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0 rename to LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0 diff --git a/LICENSES/other/ISC b/LICENSES/deprecated/ISC similarity index 100% rename from LICENSES/other/ISC rename to LICENSES/deprecated/ISC diff --git a/LICENSES/other/Linux-OpenIB b/LICENSES/deprecated/Linux-OpenIB similarity index 100% rename from LICENSES/other/Linux-OpenIB rename to LICENSES/deprecated/Linux-OpenIB diff --git a/LICENSES/other/X11 b/LICENSES/deprecated/X11 similarity index 100% rename from LICENSES/other/X11 rename to LICENSES/deprecated/X11 -- 2.20.1