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COPYING: Add discussion about GPL compatibility of Modified BSD licenses.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
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version of the license (i.e., *only* v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or
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whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated.
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Some code fragments in the hypervisor and associated subsystems
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include the 2- or 3-clause BSD license stanzas (also known as Modified
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BSD licenses). When these code sections are compiled as part of a
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GPLv2-licensed program, such as Xen, the result is licensed under
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GPLv2. See the FSF's definition of GPL compatibility:
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesCompatMean
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And how this applies to a range of open source licenses:
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
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Licensing Exceptions (the relaxed BSD-style license)
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