[thirdparty/util-linux.git] / README.licensing


The project util-linux doesn't use the same license for all of the code.
There is code under:

   * GPL-3.0-or-later   - GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version

   * GPL-2.0-or-later   - GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version

   * GPL-2.0            - GNU General Public License version 2

   * LGPL-2.1-or-later  - GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1 or any later version

   * BSD-2-Clause       - Simplified BSD License

   * BSD-3-Clause       - BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

   * BSD-4-Clause-UC    - BSD 4-Clause University of California-Specific

   * Public Domain

Please, check the source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
of each source file.

The ./COPYING file (GPL-2.0-or-later) is the default license for code without
an explicitly defined license.
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601d12fb	2	The project util-linux doesn't use the same license for all of the code.
71bbfedf	3	There is code under:
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e98d9513 KZ	5	* GPL-3.0-or-later - GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
e98d9513 KZ	6
4189907e	7	* GPL-2.0-or-later - GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version
dcb219b3	8
4189907e	9	* GPL-2.0 - GNU General Public License version 2
dcb219b3	10
4189907e	11	* LGPL-2.1-or-later - GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1 or any later version
b6ac30e1	12
faeb1b64 KZ	13	* BSD-2-Clause - Simplified BSD License
faeb1b64 KZ	14
4189907e KZ	15	* BSD-3-Clause - BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
	16
	17	* BSD-4-Clause-UC - BSD 4-Clause University of California-Specific
dcb219b3 KZ	18
	19	* Public Domain
	20
71bbfedf	21	Please, check the source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
dcb219b3 KZ	22	of each source file.
dcb219b3 KZ	23
4189907e KZ	24	The ./COPYING file (GPL-2.0-or-later) is the default license for code without
4189907e KZ	25	an explicitly defined license.
dcb219b3	26