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@@ -124,14 +124,15 @@ Information to packagers of XZ Utils If the package manager supports a license field, you probably should put GPLv2+ there (GNU GPL v2 or later). The interesting parts of - XZ Utils are in the public domain, but some less important files - ending up into the binary package are under GPLv2+. So it is simplest - to just say GPLv2+ if you cannot specify "public domain and GPLv2+". + XZ Utils are under the BSD Zero Clause License (0BSD), but some less + important files ending up into the binary package are under GPLv2+. + So it is simplest to just say GPLv2+ if you cannot specify + "BSD0 and GPLv2+". If you split XZ Utils into multiple packages as described earlier in this file, liblzma and liblzma-dev packages will contain only - public domain code (from XZ Utils at least; compiler or linker may - add some third-party code, which may be copyrighted). + 0BSD-licensed code from XZ Utils (compiler or linker may add some + third-party code which may have other licenses). 4. configure options |