From 4005ee32847b963f2c987a22b56378af9b2e0562 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:01:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: mention in the README which licenses cover nano's code and docs Suggested-by: Lars Wirzenius -- https://liw.fi/readme-review/ --- README | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index b523360d..96e374d3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ Origin The nano editor is an official GNU package. For more information on GNU and the Free Software Foundation, please see https://www.gnu.org/. +License + + Nano's code and documentation are covered by the GPL version 3 or + (at your option) any later version, except for two functions that + were copied from busybox which are under a BSD license. Nano's + documentation is additionally covered by the GNU Free Documentation + License version 1.2 or (at your option) any later version. See the + files COPYING and COPYING.DOC for the full text of these licenses. + + When in any file of this package a copyright notice mentions a + year range (such as 1999-2011), it is a shorthand for a list of + all the years in that interval. + How to compile and install nano Download the latest nano source tarball, and then: @@ -80,9 +93,3 @@ Bug Reports If you find a bug, please file a detailed description of the problem on nano's bug tracker: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano. - -Copyright Years - - When in any file of this package a copyright notice mentions a - year range (such as 1999-2011), it is a shorthand for a list of - all the years in that interval.