[XEN] License clarification.

Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>

diff --git a/xen/COPYING b/xen/COPYING
index fb8fcc90fccb7caddff2b8e6ec9919df44bc3cf2..9bfc971fc48f74edf8f29ea212dd63fc483d02c4 100644 (file)
--- a/xen/COPYING
+++ b/xen/COPYING
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ includes all files within the subdirectory include/public, are
 *not* covered by the GPL but by a much weaker license:
  include/public/COPYING
 
+A few other files are also licensed under the weaker BSD-style
+license. These files all include the license stanza as a text
+comment. Although this stanza refers to the "Software", the license
+applies *only* those source files that explicitly include it.
+
 Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as Xen is
 concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (i.e., *only*
 v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise

diff --git a/xen/include/public/COPYING b/xen/include/public/COPYING
index 3377710a5c65daaafb98823e2e7b04ff5a9de43d..1bcbde084664486ab9a76bd1684ada10c9ba2c8e 100644 (file)
--- a/xen/include/public/COPYING
+++ b/xen/include/public/COPYING
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 XEN NOTICE
 ==========
 
-This copyright applies to all files within this subdirectory. All
-other files in the Xen source distribution are covered by version 2 of
-the GNU General Public License.
+This copyright applies to all files within this subdirectory and its
+subdirectories:
+  include/public/*.h
+  include/public/hvm/*.h
+  include/public/io/*.h
+
+All other files in the Xen source distribution are covered by version
+2 of the GNU General Public License except where explicitly stated
+otherwise within individual source files.
 
  -- Keir Fraser (on behalf of the Xen team)