From 1fd8a2be4d0455d30cacff778cf13bfa358f82b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad King Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 21:15:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] LICENSE: Clarify role of copyright in contributions --- LICENSE.rst | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE.rst b/LICENSE.rst index b7271ba5ba..a40aa8660f 100644 --- a/LICENSE.rst +++ b/LICENSE.rst @@ -116,10 +116,15 @@ See version control history for details of individual contributions. Copyright ========= -The above copyright and license notice applies to distributions of -CMake in source and binary form. Third-party software packages supplied -with CMake under compatible licenses provide their own copyright notices -documented in corresponding subdirectories or source files. +The above copyright notice applies to distributions of CMake +in source and binary form. We do not require any formal copyright +assignment or contributor license agreement. Any contributions +intentionally sent upstream are presumed to be offered under terms +of the OSI-approved BSD 3-clause License. + +Third-party software packages supplied with CMake under compatible +licenses provide their own copyright notices documented in corresponding +subdirectories or source files. Sponsorship ===========