From 9619a5ab872f5358a513c2da8fed26926690f5ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Anderson Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 00:28:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] pixiecore-gpl: Add README.md explaining the licensing silliness. --- cmd/pixiecore-gpl/README.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cmd/pixiecore-gpl/README.md diff --git a/cmd/pixiecore-gpl/README.md b/cmd/pixiecore-gpl/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43aeebb --- /dev/null +++ b/cmd/pixiecore-gpl/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# Pixiecore, with embedded iPXE + +This is a version of the Pixiecore tool that embeds iPXE binaries for +all of Pixiecore's supported architectures/firmwares, so you don't +have to handle building and deploying them yourself. + +Due to iPXE's license, the result of embedding iPXE builds in the +Pixiecore binary makes the overall binary fall under the terms of the +GPLv2. See the LICENSE file in this directory for that license. + +If you want an Apache-licensed build, check the "pixiecore" directory +one level up for a build that doesn't embed iPXE (you have to supply +iPXE binaries at runtime).