From: Rahul Bedarkar Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 05:14:40 +0000 (+0530) Subject: docs/manual: contribute: fix license string for Buildroot license X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bedb3be1c18cc20d32734e75f00114a2a4fff6e2;p=buildroot.git docs/manual: contribute: fix license string for Buildroot license As per section 12.2 "Complying with the Buildroot license", Buildroot is released under GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version. But SPDX license string for Buildroot license in section 21.5 "Submitting patches" refers to only GPL version 2. Fix this inconsistency by using correct SPDX identifier. Signed-off-by: Rahul Bedarkar Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt index 4ec01a854e..719032bcc4 100644 --- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt +++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Finally, the patch should be signed off. This is done by adding +Signed-off-by: Your Real Name + at the end of the commit message. +git commit -s+ does that for you, if configured properly. The +Signed-off-by+ tag means that you publish the patch -under the Buildroot license (i.e. GPL-2.0, except for package patches, +under the Buildroot license (i.e. GPL-2.0+, except for package patches, which have the upstream license), and that you are allowed to do so. See http://developercertificate.org/[the Developer Certificate of Origin] for details.