From 79f9fac7d01a2304c7d4a8c6b7f686f0ef7903a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre-Marc Fournier Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:36:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update manual with license info --- doc/manual/manual.texinfo | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/manual/manual.texinfo b/doc/manual/manual.texinfo index 941e76b..53eae01 100644 --- a/doc/manual/manual.texinfo +++ b/doc/manual/manual.texinfo @@ -54,9 +54,25 @@ This manual is for UST 0.1. @chapter Overview @menu +* License:: * Supported platforms:: @end menu +@node License +@section License +The LTTng Userspace Tracer is intended to be linkable to open source software +as well as to proprietary applications. This was accomplished by licensing +the code that needs to be linked to the traced program as @acronym{LGPL}. + +The @file{libust} library, including its headers, are licensed as @acronym{GNU} +@acronym{LGPL} v2.1. It is also the case of some other helper libraries +(@file{libmallocwrap}, @file{libinterfork}, @file{libustcomm}) that need to be linked to the traced +program. + +The accompanying tools of the @acronym{UST} package are licensed as +@acronym{GNU} @acronym{GPL} v2. These tools include the @file{ustctl} trace +control program and the @file{ustd} daemon. + @node Supported platforms @section Supported platforms -- 2.34.1