From 660e679a843a966358b64e5e8d625b1a3194c7d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ties Stuij Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:02:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Move licensing info from top level README.md into own file. --- LICENSE.md | 11 +++++++++++ README.md | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 LICENSE.md diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..83edfc50 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# License for the specifications + +The ABI document sources themselves are not dependent on any assets outside of their own directory and all have their own license file included in the directory. The ABI documents are currently licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License + grant of Patent License. Contributions to these files are accepted under the same license. + +# License for the legacy releases + +All the ABI documents in the `legacy-specifications` folder are licensed under an Arm proprietary license. These predate the new license of the current versions of the documents. The license is contained within the documents themselves, so for more information, consult the individual documents. + +# License for the rest of the project + +The files in the sub-directories of the tools directory are provided under the Apache 2.0 license. Contributions to these files are accepted under the same license. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0f1d8486..e39c3f68 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ Please find contribution guidelines in https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/bl ## License -The ABI document sources themselves are not dependent on any assets outside of their own directory and all have their own license file included in the directory. The ABI documents are currently licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License + grant of Patent License. Contributions to these files are accepted under the same license. +All the open-source ABI documents are licensed under the Creative +Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License + grant +of Patent License. -All the ABI documents in the `legacy-specifications' folder are licensed under an Arm proprietary license. These predate the new license of the current versions of the documents. The license is contained within the documents themselves, so for more information, consult the individual documents. - -The files in the sub-directories of the tools directory are provided under the Apache 2.0 license. Contributions to these files are accepted under the same license. \ No newline at end of file +For more information on licensing in this repository, see the license file: +[LICENSE](LICENSE.md).