From 8d6956357249d643a64794930eb251ac0ebcd981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Illig Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:32:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * README: Add explanation for using GPL licensed code from src/ in vfs. From Leonard den Ottolander and Roland Illig. --- vfs/ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ vfs/README | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog index 52f91b8c6..1b39f1d1d 100644 --- a/vfs/ChangeLog +++ b/vfs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2004-10-23 Roland Illig + + * README: Add explanation for using GPL licensed code from + src/ in vfs. + + From Leonard den Ottolander and Roland Illig. + 2004-10-21 Roland Illig * mcfs.c: Add INADDR_NONE definition for SunOS. diff --git a/vfs/README b/vfs/README index a8808da22..c88df4a9d 100644 --- a/vfs/README +++ b/vfs/README @@ -1,3 +1,17 @@ +NOTE: Although vfs has been meant to be implemented as a separate +entity redistributable under the LGPL in its current implementation it +uses GPLed code from src/. So there are two possibilities if you want +to use vfs: + +1. Distribute your copy of vfs under the GPL. Then you can freely +include the GPLed functions from the rest of the mc source code. + +2. Distribute your copy of vfs under the LGPL. Then you cannot include +the functions outside the vfs subdirectory. You must then either +rewrite them or work around them in other ways. + +======================================================================== + Hi! I'm midnight commander's vfs layer. Before you start hacking me,