From d35843d190226bccc3c44721d4c00e09381b763e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "James O. D. Hunt" Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:38:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add license strategy doc Add a brief document explaining that the project uses SPDX license identifiers. Fixes #58. Signed-off-by: James O. D. Hunt --- Licensing-strategy.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Licensing-strategy.md diff --git a/Licensing-strategy.md b/Licensing-strategy.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cc71e04ba7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Licensing-strategy.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +# Licensing strategy + +* [Project License](#project-license) +* [License file](#license-file) +* [License for individual files](#license-for-individual-files) + +## Project License + +The license for the [Kata Containers](https://github.com/kata-containers) +project is [Apache 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0). + +## License file + +All repositories in the project have a top level file called `LICENSE`. This +file lists full details of all licences used by the repository. + +## License for individual files + +Where possible all files in all repositories also contain a +[SPDX](https://spdx.org) license identifier. This provides fine-grained +licensing and allows automated tooling to check the license of individual +files. + +This SPDX licence identifier requirement is enforced by the +[CI (Continuous Integration) system](https://github.com/kata-containers/tests/blob/master/.ci/static-checks.sh).