From: Daniel P. Berrangé Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:45:46 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Add symlink from gpl-2.0.txt to a COPYING file X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a239b0b0b6dbe6a168969b8cd6e600cf85db278d;p=thirdparty%2Fu-boot.git Add symlink from gpl-2.0.txt to a COPYING file While it is good that the "Licenses/" directory contains the text for all licenses that are applicable to u-boot code, it is harder to determine at a glance what the default and/or preferred license is. While humans can look at the Licenses/README file, this is not machine parseable, making it tricky for license detection tools to automatically determine/report on the overall / aggregate u-boot license. The project previously had a top level COPYING file containing a short blurb, followed by the GPL license text. This was removed back in commit eca3aeb352c964bdb28b8e191d6326370245e03f when the "Licenses/" directory was introduced. For the benefit of automated tools, it is helpful to retain a top level COPYING file in the repository. Rather than duplicate the license text, however, a symlink from the Licenses/gpl-2.0.txt file should suffice. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reported-by: Alex Bennée Acked-by: Tom Rini --- diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING new file mode 120000 index 00000000000..1ed3ba6a13c --- /dev/null +++ b/COPYING @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Licenses/gpl-2.0.txt \ No newline at end of file