diff --git a/docs/License.rst b/docs/License.rst index 3cac49d..d2adea9 100644 --- a/docs/License.rst +++ b/docs/License.rst @@ -1,12 +1,41 @@ License ======= -|Creative Commons License| +- The OpenZFS software is licensed under the Common Development and Distribution License + (`CDDL `__) unless otherwise noted. -Documentation content is licensed under a `Creative Commons -Attribution-ShareAlike -license `__ unless -otherwise noted. +- The OpenZFS documentation content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike + license (`CC BY-SA 3.0 `__) + unless otherwise noted. + +- OpenZFS is an associated project of SPI (`Software in the Public Interest + `__). SPI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit + organization which handles the donations, finances, and legal holdings of the project. + +.. note:: + The Linux Kernel is licensed under the GNU General Public License + Version 2 (`GPLv2 `__). While + both (OpenZFS and Linux Kernel) are free open source licenses they are + restrictive licenses. The combination of them causes problems because it + prevents using pieces of code exclusively available under one license + with pieces of code exclusively available under the other in the same binary. + In the case of the Linux Kernel, this prevents us from distributing OpenZFS + as part of the Linux Kernel binary. However, there is nothing in either license + that prevents distributing it in the form of a binary module or in the form + of source code. + + Additional reading and opinions: + + - `Software Freedom Law + Center `__ + - `Software Freedom + Conservancy `__ + - `Free Software + Foundation `__ + - `Encouraging closed source + modules `__ + +CC BY-SA 3.0: |Creative Commons License| .. |Creative Commons License| image:: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/88x31.png :target: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ diff --git a/docs/Project and Community/FAQ.rst b/docs/Project and Community/FAQ.rst index 7d13a75..3898f22 100644 --- a/docs/Project and Community/FAQ.rst +++ b/docs/Project and Community/FAQ.rst @@ -629,29 +629,7 @@ the following contents: Licensing --------- -ZFS is licensed under the Common Development and Distribution License -(`CDDL `__), -and the Linux kernel is licensed under the GNU General Public License -Version 2 (`GPLv2 `__). While -both are free open source licenses they are restrictive licenses. The -combination of them causes problems because it prevents using pieces of -code exclusively available under one license with pieces of code -exclusively available under the other in the same binary. In the case of -the kernel, this prevents us from distributing ZFS on Linux as part of -the kernel binary. However, there is nothing in either license that -prevents distributing it in the form of a binary module or in the form -of source code. - -Additional reading and opinions: - -- `Software Freedom Law - Center `__ -- `Software Freedom - Conservancy `__ -- `Free Software - Foundation `__ -- `Encouraging closed source - modules `__ +License information can be found `here `__. Reporting a problem -------------------