Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/jengelh/util-linux

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

diff --git a/README.licensing b/README.licensing
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--- a/README.licensing
+++ b/README.licensing
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 
-The project utils-linux-ng doesn't use same license for all code. There are
-code with:
+The project util-linux doesn't use the same license for all of the code.
+There is code under:
 
-   * GPLv2+ (GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version)
+   * GPL-1.0-or-later   - GNU General Public License version 1, or any later version
 
-   * GPLv2 (GNU General Public License version 2)
+   * GPL-2.0            - GNU General Public License version 2
 
-   * BSD with advertising
+   * GPL-2.0-or-later   - GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version
+
+   * GPL-3.0-or-later   - GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+
+   * 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 source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
+Please, check the source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
 of each source file.
 
-The /COPYING file (GPLv2+) is the default license for code without an explicitly
-defined license.
+The ./COPYING file (GPL-2.0-or-later) is the default license for code without
+an explicitly defined license.