From cb9e7c71b5988a3bc9e42b82c214d32e7126db18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Oberhollenzer Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 02:25:04 +0100 Subject: Update the licensing documentation. Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer --- COPYING.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- licenses/xxhash.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 licenses/xxhash.txt diff --git a/COPYING.md b/COPYING.md index 8d18b6d..4174ac9 100644 --- a/COPYING.md +++ b/COPYING.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ The `libsquashfs` library is released under the terms and conditions of the **GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 or later**. This applies to -all source code in the directories `lib/sqfs` and `include/sqfs`. +all source code in the directories `lib/sqfs` and `include/sqfs`, unless +otherwise noted. The rest of squashfs-tools-ng is released under the terms and conditions of the **GNU General Public License version 3 or later**. @@ -20,6 +21,25 @@ 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. +## Third Party Library Source Code + +The source code of `libsquashfs` incorporates modified copies of third party +libraries that are subject to the terms and conditions of their respective +licenses. + +The following is included: + + - `lib/sqfs/block_processor/xxhash.c` contains a modified implementation of + the xxhash32 algorithm. See `licenses/xxhash.txt` for information on + copyright and licensing terms and conditions. + - `lib/sqfs/comp/lz4` contains files extracted from the LZ4 compression + library. See `lib/sqfs/comp/lz4/README` for details and `licenses/LZ4.txt` + for information on copyright and licensing terms and conditions. + - `lib/sqfs/comp/zlib` contains files that have been extracted from the the + zlib compression library and modified. See `lib/sqfs/comp/zlib/README` for + details and `licenses/zlib.txt` for information on copyright and licensing + terms and conditions. + # Binary Packages with 3rd Party Libraries If this file is included in a binary release package, additional 3rd party @@ -32,12 +52,24 @@ The following may be included: released under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License version 2. A copy of the license is included in `licenses/GPLv2.txt`. - The LZ4 compression library. Copyright Yann Collet. This is released under a - 2 clause BSD style license, included in `licenses/LZ4.txt`. + 2 clause BSD style license, included in `licenses/LZ4.txt`. This library may + be linked directly into `libsquashfs`, built from source code included in + the source distribution. - The XZ utils liblzma library is released into the public domain. An excerpt from the `COPYING` file of its source code archive is included in `licenses/xz.txt`. - The zlib compression library. Copyright Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. This is released under the terms and conditions of the zlib license, - included in `licenses/zlib.txt` + included in `licenses/zlib.txt`. This library may be linked directly + into `libsquashfs`, built from source code included in the source + distribution. - The zstd compression library. Copyright Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved. This is released under a BSD style license, included in `licenses/zstd.txt`. + + +Independend of build configurations, the `libsquashfs` library contains +the following 3rd party source code, directly linked into the library: + + - A modified version of the xxhash32 hash function (Copyright Yann Collet). + This is released under a 2-Clause BSD License. See `licenses/xxhash.txt` + for details. diff --git a/licenses/xxhash.txt b/licenses/xxhash.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2a94b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/licenses/xxhash.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +xxHash - Extremely Fast Hash algorithm +Copyright (C) 2012-2016, Yann Collet. + +BSD 2-Clause License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) + +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are +met: + + * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above + copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer + in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the + distribution. + +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS +"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT +LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR +A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 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