From 12dd5c0f105936c18c493af993d030805aac52e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:09:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] zfec: update licence and install docs --- src/zfec/COPYING | 5 +++++ src/zfec/README.txt | 12 +++++------- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/zfec/COPYING b/src/zfec/COPYING index 0c5b3e337..294b73f77 100644 --- a/src/zfec/COPYING +++ b/src/zfec/COPYING @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ comes with the added permission that, if you become obligated to release a derived work under this licence (as per section 2.b), you may delay the fulfillment of this obligation for up to 12 months. +This licence also comes with the added permission that you may link this +program with the OpenSSL library and distribute executables, as long as you +follow the requirements of this licence in regard to all of the software in +the executable aside from OpenSSL. + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 diff --git a/src/zfec/README.txt b/src/zfec/README.txt index 3e11b4596..987cd3d7a 100644 --- a/src/zfec/README.txt +++ b/src/zfec/README.txt @@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ This package implements an "erasure code", or "forward error correction code". -It is offered under the GNU General Public License as published by the Free -Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any -later version, with the added permission that, if you become obligated to -release a derived work under this licence (as per section 2.b), you may delay -the fulfillment of this obligation for up to 12 months. See the file COPYING -for details. +It is offered under the GNU General Public License (v2 or later), with the +added permission that, if you become obligated to release a derived work +under this licence (as per section 2.b), you may delay the fulfillment of +this obligation for up to 12 months. See the COPYING file for details. The most widely known example of an erasure code is the RAID-5 algorithm which makes it so that in the event of the loss of any one hard drive, the @@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ build and install the package directly into your system, just run "python ./setup.py install". If you prefer to keep the package limited to a specific directory so that you can explicitly manage it (perhaps by using the "GNU stow") tool, then give it these arguments: "python ./setup.py install ---prefix= --root=$specificdirectory". +--prefix=. --root=$specificdirectory". * Community