From 2421f464a1c0e0752fbc00557dc3188f650ba204 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liviu Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:40:38 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Licence hygiene: Apache 2.0 section 4(b) change notices, and a LICENSE where there was none Measured by the licence gate on 2026-08-11. Three separate defects, all real: - the two patches modify files that are the work of Hyperledger Besu and did not say so. Section 4(b) of the Apache License requires modified files to carry a prominent notice. The notice now travels in the patch message, above the ---, so git am puts it in the tree. - precompiles/Address.java and precompiles/MainnetPrecompiledContracts.java are copies of upstream files that the patches change. They kept the upstream copyright header, which 4(c) requires, but carried no notice that we changed them. They do now. - grants had no LICENSE at all, and sdk-js had one that was never pushed. A public repository with no licence grants a reader nothing. --- LICENSE | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ab16af --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +MIT License + +Copyright (c) 2026 AERE Network + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy +of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal +in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights +to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is +furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all +copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE +SOFTWARE. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5d5eae5..149b414 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ Use the form at **[aere.network/grants.html](https://aere.network/grants.html)** 3. Approval comment includes milestone schedule + payout. 4. Recipient ships milestones, comments updates on the issue. 5. Each milestone payout is a public AERE transfer. + +## License + +MIT. See `LICENSE`.