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authorLuke Dashjr <luke-jr+git@utopios.org>2016-02-01 23:49:37 +0000
committerLuke Dashjr <luke-jr+git@utopios.org>2016-02-01 23:49:37 +0000
commit97655c211a7454b4bcc01acefd4b88f979e7853f (patch)
tree0b361d00a78371ee5cd6efd581cd01849bb331e1
parentcfbde44a3c7020ee26be39205ab685c383a3b4d1 (diff)
downloadbips-97655c211a7454b4bcc01acefd4b88f979e7853f.tar.xz
bip-biprevised: Clarify licensing of literal code inclusion in BIPs
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@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ New BIPs may be accepted with the following licenses:
* [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal]
* [http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Other-Files.html GNU All-Permissive License]
+In addition, it is recommended that literal code included in the BIP be available under the same license terms as the project it modifies, when that license is acceptable within a BIP. For example, literal code intended for Bitcoin Core would ideally be dual-licensed under the MIT license terms (listed below, as not recommended but acceptable) as well as one of the above with the rest of the BIP text.
+
====Not recommented, but acceptable licenses====
* [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License, version 2.0]