[tz] [PATCH] Clarify LICENSE file

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Thu May 25 15:45:01 UTC 2017


* LICENSE: Reword LICENSE so that it makes sense when only data
files are distributed.
---
 LICENSE | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 148eb23..8ba4399 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-With a few exceptions, all files in the tz code and data (including
-this one) are in the public domain.  The exceptions are date.c,
-newstrftime.3, and strftime.c, which contain material derived from BSD
-and which use the BSD 3-clause license.
+Unless specified below, all files in the tz code and data (including
+this LICENSE file) are in the public domain.
+
+If the files date.c, newstrftime.3, and strftime.c are present, they
+contain material derived from BSD and use the BSD 3-clause license.
-- 
2.9.4



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