Re: git: 30780c3f584a - stable/13 - README.md: correct GPL expansion

From: Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:52:16 UTC 
On Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 10:31 AM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 11:09, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm confused, beyond just LGPL claims in the (fairly
> > current) source code, but GPL more generally:
> >
> > # grep -rl "SPDX.*GPL" /usr/main-src/
>
> You need to exclude the ones with SPDX tags like:
> SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0
>
> but also note that this text in README.md is just documenting the
> top-level gnu/ subdirectory.
>


Yes. Readme.md has never been a comprehensive guide to license compliance.
I'm working on revamping the project's license policies to be more in line
with current industry practices.

Warner

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