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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/COPYRIGHTS b/COPYRIGHTS
index 10a4b5270..8a82143ae 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHTS
+++ b/COPYRIGHTS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-Many PKGBUILDs and associated files comes from one of these projects:
+Many packages (PKGBUILDs and associated files) comes from one of these
+projects:
- Arch Linux
- Arch Linux ARM
- Arch Linux 32
@@ -8,22 +9,25 @@ They typically come without a license, so while most of them seem to
be uncopyrightable due to their extreme simplicity and standardness,
this still creates some legal uncertaincy about their licensing.
-Some PKGBUILDs also come from Hyperbola, and here there is also some
+Some packages also come from Hyperbola, and here there is also some
uncertaincy as the project added a CC0 license in its git repository
without adding any clear statement associated with it. We still need
-to contact them to get more clarification on their PKGBUILDs licenses
+to contact them to get more clarification on their packages licenses
for new contributions.
-Several PKGBUILDS (and associated files) in this repository were
+Several packages (and associated files) in this repository were
created from scratch, so they don't depend on other projects licensing
decisions.
-And several contributors agreed to license their past and future
-contributions to PKGBUILDs in this repository under the CC0 license:
+And several contributors agreed to license their past contributions to
+packages in this repository under the CC0 license:
- Andreas Grapentin
- bill-auger
- Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
- Freemor
As for patches, as they are combined with original project source code
-they are usually under the same license. \ No newline at end of file
+they are under the same license than the original project.
+
+All contributions to packages in this repository must be offered under
+the CC0 license.