[PATCH 02/11] Contributing: Specify use of MIT Expat for new code files

[Pekka Paalanen]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:55:13 -0700
Bryce Harrington <bryce at osg.samsung.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Bryce Harrington <bryce at osg.samsung.com>
> ---
>  doc/Contributing | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/Contributing b/doc/Contributing
> index c51b7e8..39c3e39 100644
> --- a/doc/Contributing
> +++ b/doc/Contributing
> @@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ my_function(void)
>  	x = function_with_a_really_long_name(parameter1, parameter2,
>  					     parameter3, parameter4);
>  
> +== Licensing ==
> +
> +Wayland is licensed with the intention to be usable anywhere X.org is.
> +Originally, X.org was covered under the MIT X11 license, but changed to
> +the MIT Expat license.  Similarly, Wayland was covered initially as MIT
> +X11 licensed, but changed to the MIT Expat license, following in X.org's
> +footsteps.  Other than wording, the two licenses are substantially the
> +same, with the exeption of a no-advertising clause in X11 not included
> +in Expat.
> +
> +New source code files should specify the MIT Expat license in their
> +boilerplate, as part of the copyright statement.
> +


Hi,

the added explanation looks good to me.

Let's also add the explicit license links here so that there is no
confusion:

http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#Expat

Opensource.org calls the chosen license as "MIT" and gnu.org calls it
"Expat". It seems Debian calls it "MIT License (Expat)":
https://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/mit


Thanks,
pq