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diff --git a/gnu/libexec/ld.so/COPYRIGHT b/gnu/libexec/ld.so/COPYRIGHT deleted file mode 100644 index 37d2780d1f7..00000000000 --- a/gnu/libexec/ld.so/COPYRIGHT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -/* - * Copyright (c) 1994 Eric Youngdale, Peter MacDonald, David Engel, - * Hongjiu Lu and Mitch D'Souza - * - * All rights reserved. - * - * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without - * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions - * are met: - * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright - * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. - * 2. The name of the above contributors may not be - * used to endorse or promote products derived from this software - * without specific prior written permission. - * - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE - * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL - * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS - * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) - * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT - * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY - * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF - * SUCH DAMAGE. - */ - -/* Notice of general intent: - * - * The linux operating system generally contains large amounts of code - * that fall under the GNU General Public License, or GPL for short. - * This file contains source code that by it's very nature would always - * be linked with an application program, and because of this a GPL - * type of copyright on this file would place restrictions upon the - * distribution of binary-only commercial software. Since the goal of - * the Linux project as a whole is not to discourage the development and - * distribution of commercial software for Linux, this file has been - * placed under a more relaxed BSD-style of copyright. - * - * It is the general understanding of the above contributors that a - * program executable linked to a library containing code that falls - * under the GPL or GLPL style of license is not subject to the terms of - * the GPL or GLPL license if the program executable(s) that are supplied - * are linked to a shared library form of the GPL or GLPL library, and as - * long as the form of the shared library is such that it is possible for - * the end user to modify and rebuild the library and use it in - * conjunction with the program executable. - */ |