1 $NetBSD: README,v 1.7 2009/08/18 21:30:31 wiz Exp $
3 Organization of Sources:
5 This directory hierarchy is using an organization that separates
6 source for programs that we have obtained from external third
7 parties (where NetBSD is not the primary maintainer) from the
10 The hierarchy is grouped by license, and then package per license,
11 and is organized as follows:
16 Descend into the license sub-directories.
19 Per-license sub-directories.
22 Descend into the package sub-directories.
25 Per-package sub-directories.
31 The third-party source for a given package.
36 BSD makefiles "reach over" from these into
39 This arrangement allows for packages to be easily disabled or
40 excised as necessary, either on a per-license or per-package basis.
42 The licenses currently used are:
44 apache2 Apache 2.0 license.
46 bsd BSD (or equivalent) licensed software, possibly with
47 the "advertising clause".
49 gpl2 GNU Public License, version 2 (or earlier).
51 intel-fw-oem Intel firmware license with redistribution
54 intel-fw-public Intel firmware license permitting redistribution with
55 terms similar to BSD licensed software.
57 intel-public Intel license permitting redistribution with
58 terms similar to BSD licensed software.
60 mit MIT (X11) style license.
62 If a package has components covered by different licenses
63 (for example, GPL2 and the LGPL), use the <license> subdirectory
64 for the more restrictive license.
66 If a package allows the choice of a license to use, we'll
67 generally use the less restrictive license.
69 If in doubt about where a package should be located, please
70 contact <core@NetBSD.org> for advice.
76 Eventually src/dist (and associated framework in other base source
77 directories) and src/gnu will be migrated to this hierarchy.
82 The sources under src/external/<license>/<package>/dist/ are
83 generally a combination of a published distribution plus changes
84 that we submit to the maintainers and that are not yet published
87 Make sure all changes made to the external sources are submitted
88 to the appropriate maintainer, but only after coordinating with
89 the NetBSD maintainers.