From 0e6091215564b8bda7d8e81066ebdce0a65e2f9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Walters Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:21:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc/overview: Add a note about the GPL --- doc/overview.xml | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/overview.xml b/doc/overview.xml index 7e535306..948f5c74 100644 --- a/doc/overview.xml +++ b/doc/overview.xml @@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ complete (bootable) filesystem trees. It has no built-in knowledge of how a given filesystem tree was generated or the origin of individual files, or dependencies, - descriptions of individual components. + descriptions of individual components. This means that, for + example, if you are distributing software which is licensed + under the GNU General Public License, the burden lies with the + tool generating these filesystem trees to ensure sufficent + metadata is included for compliance. The OSTree core emphasizes replicating read-only OS trees via