From 3f920589e2eaed2fb6fb5b02251b68ba0935e09f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Landley The complete text of the General Public License version 2 is included in the
-file LICENSE in each source tarball. Version 2 is the only version of
-this license which toybox is distributed under. (I.E. It doesn't have the
-strange "or later" dual license some projects have.)Toybox is licensed under the terms of GPLv2.
Some lawyers seem to think a strict reading of GPLv2 section 1 (and later sections including section 1 by reference) requires maintaining old notices in perpetuity. Even if you had code that used to be dual licensed, but created -a derived work that's just under one of the two licenses, so the old license +a derived work that's just under one of the two licenses, and the old license notice is not just strange or misleading but actually incorrect for the new file. (For example, splicing GPLv2 only code into a dual "GPLv2 or later" project produces a result that can be distributed under the terms of GPLv2, @@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all. The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow. - + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION @@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.) - + These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in @@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code. - + 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is @@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ impose that choice. This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a consequence of the rest of this License. - + 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original copyright holder who places the Program under this License -- cgit v1.2.3