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Simplify policy wording while preserving explicit safeguards

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Eric Rakestraw
2026-09-27 19:46:41 +00:00
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This collection supplies reusable reference texts for repositories adopting the
[Open Source Licensing And Attribution Policy](../../policy/oss.md). Copy the
texts your incorporated code, documentation, or assets use into your repository's
`docs/oss/licenses/`, together with applicable companion texts. The collection is not exhaustive, and adopting
projects need not copy every file.
`docs/oss/licenses/`, together with applicable companion texts. Select the texts
applicable to incorporated material.
These files are reference material. Their presence does not license this
repository or an adopting project under every listed license.
These files are reference material. Each project's grant is stated in COPYRIGHT;
each component's grant is identified in its attribution entry.
## Sources
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Put actual upstream copyright statements in the component's attribution entry.
Link project-specific notices and exceptions to the imported upstream commit.
- GNU filenames identify the text version. The attribution entry's SPDX
expression specifies `-only` or `-or-later` according to the upstream grant;
a shared text does not select that grant for the component.
expression specifies `-only` or `-or-later` according to the upstream grant.
- LGPL 2.0 is the GNU Library General Public License. LGPL 2.1 and 3.0 are the
GNU Lesser General Public License; these versions are distinct.
- When copying LGPL 3.0, also copy GPL 3.0, whose terms it incorporates, and make
both texts reachable from the attribution entry. Include other companion texts
or exceptions when the component's applicable terms require them.
Record any intentional source refresh here and preserve the retrieved text
without editorial changes. No synchronization service or recurring release check
is required for this reference collection.
Record intentional source refreshes here and preserve retrieved texts verbatim.
Synchronization services and recurring release checks are optional for this
reference collection.