From: Uwe Hermann <redacted>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:50:58 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: README: Add "Copyright and license" section.
X-Git-Tag: sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw-0.1.2~4
X-Git-Url: https://sigrok.org/gitaction?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bf4dba5d9b2b01118605d4203f9410b25f673bd3;p=sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw.git

README: Add "Copyright and license" section.
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 7a5e7fee..fa4f04c1 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@ The sigrok project aims at creating a portable, cross-platform,
 Free/Libre/Open-Source signal analysis software suite that supports various
 device types (such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and more).
 
-fx2lafw is a Free/Libre/Open-source firmware for logic analyzers based on
-the Cypress EZ-USB FX2(LP) chip.
-
-It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or later), and uses
-additional helper code (fx2lib), licensed under the GNU LGPL (version 2.1
-or later).
+sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw is a Free/Libre/Open-source firmware for logic
+analyzers based on the Cypress EZ-USB FX2(LP) chip.
 
 
 Status
@@ -93,6 +89,22 @@ The following files/directories were removed, as they're not needed
 for our purposes: CHANGELOG, COPYING*, docs/, examples/, fw/, and utils/.
 
 
+Copyright and license
+---------------------
+
+sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+License (GPL), version 2 or later.
+
+It uses additional helper code (fx2lib), licensed under the GNU LGPL
+(version 2.1 or later).
+
+While some individual source code files are licensed under the LGPLv2.1+, and
+some files are licensed under the GPLv2+, this doesn't change the fact that
+the firmware as a whole is licensed under the terms of the GPLv2+.
+
+Please see the individual source files for the full list of copyright holders.
+
+
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