From: Florian Forster Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 05:31:23 +0000 (+0200) Subject: COPYING: Add the MIT License and add a note about plugins being licensed individually. X-Git-Tag: collectd-5.5.0~180 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=889e5e6bd51d38d490289332053a238a4f1c70b3;p=collectd.git COPYING: Add the MIT License and add a note about plugins being licensed individually. --- diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index d511905c..191af71e 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,3 +1,35 @@ +collectd consists of a daemon and numerous plugins. The daemon is licensed +under the "MIT License"; its source files are located at src/daemon/. The +plugins are licenses individually, please check the top of the plugin's source +file(s) to see which license applies. The majority of plugins is licensed +either under the "MIT License" or the "GNU General Public License". + +The "MIT License" and "GNU General Public License" follow. Other licenses, not +included in this file, should be considered "as published by the Open Source +Initiative (OSI)". + +MIT License +=========== +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of +this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in +the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to +use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies +of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do +so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all +copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE +SOFTWARE. + +GNU General Public License (GPL) +================================ GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991