Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: Document BPF licensing.

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 9:05 AM Jonathan Corbet [off-list ref] wrote:

Alexei Starovoitov [off-list ref] writes:

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From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

Document and clarify BPF licensing.

Two trivial things that have nothing to do with the actual content...

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Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <redacted>
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Joe Stringer <redacted>
Acked-by: Lorenz Bauer <redacted>
Acked-by: Dave Thaler <redacted>
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 Documentation/bpf/bpf_licensing.rst | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/bpf/bpf_licensing.rst

When you add a new file you need to put it into index.rst as well so it
gets pulled into the docs build.

ok.

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+under these rules:
+https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html#id1

I would just write this as Documentation/process/license-rules.rst.  The
HTML docs build will link it automatically, and readers of the plain-text
file will know where to go.

Good point. Will fix.