From 8c4e1ac8a6eb77bdc65ae3bff2795a7755d12b0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Oberhollenzer Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:36:57 +0200 Subject: Add a clarifying note about documentation & build system copyright Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer --- COPYING.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/COPYING.md b/COPYING.md index 7d297d0..8a9ae04 100644 --- a/COPYING.md +++ b/COPYING.md @@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ Although the existing squashfs-tools and the Linux kernel implementation have been used for testing, the source code in this package is neither based on, nor derived from either of them. +## Documentation and the Build System + +The auto-tools based build system has in large parts been hacked together by +copy & pasting from various tutorials and other projects (mostly util-linux, +and mtd-utils), overhauled many times since 2015. + +The m4 macros in the `m4` directory were copied verbatim and have explicit +licenses. Please respect those. As for everything else, feel free to copy and +paste it as you wish. + +The `doc` directory contains measurement data, pseudo lab reports and an RFC +style write-up of the SquashFS format. You may do with those as you please. + +If you use those as a basis for writing about SquashFS or this package, please +cite your sources and mark verbatim quotations as such. I won't be angry if you +don't, but a thesis supervisor, reviewer or fellow Wikipedian might be. + # Binary Packages with 3rd Party Libraries If this file is included in a binary release package, additional 3rd party -- cgit v1.2.3