From afec95e269e2d59e10fb205eb793d7261b638dc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Klink Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 17:47:34 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] doc(README): clarify license situation Also, drop the top-level MIT license file. With this repository containing mostly Snix, it's confusing. Change-Id: I1215cf05f6f65b399ff7e8566d425b848fe9ccb0 Reviewed-on: https://cl.snix.dev/c/snix/+/30600 Autosubmit: Florian Klink Reviewed-by: Vova Kryachko Tested-by: besadii --- LICENSE | 23 ----------------------- README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE deleted file mode 100644 index 724d41381..000000000 --- a/LICENSE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ -The MIT License (MIT) - -Copyright (c) 2019 Vincent Ambo -Copyright (c) 2020-2024 The TVL Authors -Copyright (c) 2025 The Snix Project - -Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy -of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal -in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights -to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell -copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is -furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: - -The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all -copies or substantial portions of the Software. - -THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR -IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, -FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE -AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER -LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, -OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE -SOFTWARE. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bdc27307a..a03de666f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,3 +7,18 @@ of this repository. It documents the status of this project, usage/development instructions, contact details and much more than what would fit in here. Seriously, check it out! + +# License structure +All Snix crates in this repository are licensed under GPL-3.0, with the +exception of the protocol buffer definitions used for communication between +services which are available under a more permissive license (MIT). + +The idea behind this structure is that any direct usage of our code (e.g. +linking to it, embedding the evaluator, etc.) will fall under the terms of +the GPL3, but users are free to implement their own components speaking these +protocols under the terms of the MIT license. + +Other tooling in this repository might be licensed differently, and is usually +described in the code itself, via some auxillary metadata (`Cargo.toml` etc), or +a `LICENSE` file in the same or parent folder(s). If this is not the case, +please open a bug!