[docs] Add license to the readme.

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Kevin Lange 2011-01-28 16:53:00 -06:00
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@ -81,3 +81,30 @@ I'll be more detailed here eventually, but for the most part, I have been using:
* [Bran's Kernel Development Tutorial](http://www.osdever.net/bkerndev/) *completed*
* [Skelix's OS tutorial](http://en.skelix.org/skelixos/) *Author is not a native speaker of English and makes some grammatical mistakes; can be hard to follow*
## License ##
ToAruOS is under the NCSA license, which is a derivative (and fully compatible with) the BSD license. It is also forward compatible with the GPL, so you can use ToAruOS bits and pieces in GPL. The terms of the license are listed here for your convience:
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
deal with 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:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimers.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimers in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. Neither the names of the ToAruOS Kernel Development Team, Kevin Lange,
nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse
or promote products derived from this Software without specific prior
written permission.
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