Expand copyright guidance especially with regard to including BSD licensed files.

[bootloader-ap.git] / COPYRIGHT

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+This project is licensed on the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, or any later
+version at your choice (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html).
+
+A few files within the project are licensed on the terms of a permissive 3-clause license
+ (BSD 3-clause) license (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php).
+These files are mostly copied verbatim from the Linux kernel sources distributed by
+ HTC (for their devices) and/or Google (as part of the Android Open Source Project) and
+ Qualcomm (via the Code Aurora Forum).
+
+Each source-code file includes their copyright license in the comment header.
+
+To understand the mixing of the BSD and GPL licenses see the Software Freedom Law Center's 
+"Maintaining Permissive-Licensed Files in a GPL-Licensed Project: Guidelines for Developers" at
+ http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2007/gpl-non-gpl-collaboration.html
+
+The BSD licensed files are:
+ 
+
+--------------- Text of Project License ---------------
+ 
 
                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                       Version 3, 29 June 2007