From ea8cc866abf25581ddc16649326bc02af46b7677 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Black Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 23:23:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] about licenses being sometimes only applicable to source code --- docs/fdroid.texi | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/fdroid.texi b/docs/fdroid.texi index 551ba4f3..7bf65ba7 100644 --- a/docs/fdroid.texi +++ b/docs/fdroid.texi @@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ clients that only understand one. @cindex license -The license for the application. +The overall license for the application, or in certain cases, for the +source code only. Common values: @@ -514,7 +515,9 @@ GNU GPL version 3 or later @item @samp{GPL} -An unspecified GPL version. Use this only as a last resort. +An unspecified GPL version. Use this only as a last resort or if there is +some confusion over compatiblity of component licenses: particularly the use of +Apache libraries with GPLv2 source code. @item @samp{AGPL} -- 2.30.2