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[BlueZ,V4,RESEND,20/20] LICENSES: Add License files

Message ID 20200921194616.48146-1-tedd.an@linux.intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Luiz Von Dentz
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Tedd Ho-Jeong An Sept. 21, 2020, 7:46 p.m. UTC
From: Tedd Ho-Jeong An <tedd.an@intel.com>

This patch adds the full text of licenses used in the BlueZ.
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 LICENSES/dual/Apache-2.0        | 187 ++++++++++++
 LICENSES/preferred/BSD-2-Clause |  32 ++
 LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0      | 354 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1     | 503 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 LICENSES/preferred/MIT          |  30 ++
 5 files changed, 1106 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 LICENSES/dual/Apache-2.0
 create mode 100644 LICENSES/preferred/BSD-2-Clause
 create mode 100644 LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
 create mode 100644 LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1
 create mode 100644 LICENSES/preferred/MIT
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diff --git a/LICENSES/dual/Apache-2.0 b/LICENSES/dual/Apache-2.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e89ddeab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSES/dual/Apache-2.0
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ 
+Valid-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+Usage-Guide:
+  Do NOT use. The Apache-2.0 is not GPL2 compatible. It may only be used
+  for dual-licensed files where the other license is GPL2 compatible.
+  If you end up using this it MUST be used together with a GPL2 compatible
+  license using "OR".
+  To use the Apache License version 2.0 put the following SPDX tag/value
+  pair into a comment according to the placement guidelines in the
+  licensing rules documentation:
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+License-Text:
+
+Apache License
+
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diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/BSD-2-Clause b/LICENSES/preferred/BSD-2-Clause
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da366e2ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSES/preferred/BSD-2-Clause
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ 
+Valid-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.html
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+License-Text:
+
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diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1128f659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@ 
+Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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+SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html
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