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authorLuca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>2016-03-01 12:01:04 +0100
committerPeter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>2016-03-01 12:46:58 +0100
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docs/manual: add section about patch licensing
Use the same text that is used in COPYING. Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net> Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Cc: Steve Calfee <stevecalfee@gmail.com> Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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=== Format and licensing of the package patches
Patches are released under the same license as the software they apply
-to.
+to (see xref:legal-info-buildroot[]).
A message explaining what the patch does, and why it is needed, should
be added in the header commentary of the patch.
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