Move acknowledgments of included third-party software to README.md
This allows licensee and similar tools (and thus GitHub)
to properly recognize the GPL in COPYING.md
Change-Id: Ifa9d46b87837b347a8fa00c54785543f30e39e4f
diff --git a/COPYING.md b/COPYING.md
index d01ca33..496acdb 100644
--- a/COPYING.md
+++ b/COPYING.md
@@ -1,32 +1,4 @@
-NFD is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
-version 3 or later.
-
-NFD relies on third-party software, licensed under the following licenses:
-
-- ndn-cxx is licensed under the terms of the
- [GNU Lesser General Public License version 3](https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx/blob/master/COPYING.md)
-
-- The Boost libraries are licensed under the
- [Boost Software License 1.0](https://www.boost.org/users/license.html)
-
-- CityHash is licensed under the
- [MIT license](https://github.com/google/cityhash/blob/master/COPYING)
-
-- Libpcap is licensed under the
- [3-clause BSD license](https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/master/LICENSE)
-
-- The WebSocket++ library is licensed under the terms of the
- [BSD license](https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp/blob/0.8.1/COPYING)
-
-- The waf build system is licensed under the terms of the
- [BSD license](https://github.com/named-data/NFD/blob/master/waf)
-
-The GPL license is provided below in this file. For more information about
-these licenses, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-### GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+# GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 3, 29 June 2007
@@ -36,7 +8,7 @@
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
-### Preamble
+## Preamble
The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
software and other kinds of works.
@@ -101,9 +73,9 @@
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
modification follow.
-### TERMS AND CONDITIONS
+## TERMS AND CONDITIONS
-#### 0. Definitions.
+### 0. Definitions.
"This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
@@ -143,7 +115,7 @@
the interface presents a list of user commands or options, such as a
menu, a prominent item in the list meets this criterion.
-#### 1. Source Code.
+### 1. Source Code.
The "source code" for a work means the preferred form of the work for
making modifications to it. "Object code" means any non-source form of
@@ -184,7 +156,7 @@
The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same
work.
-#### 2. Basic Permissions.
+### 2. Basic Permissions.
All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of
copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated
@@ -209,7 +181,7 @@
conditions stated below. Sublicensing is not allowed; section 10 makes
it unnecessary.
-#### 3. Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law.
+### 3. Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law.
No covered work shall be deemed part of an effective technological
measure under any applicable law fulfilling obligations under article
@@ -225,7 +197,7 @@
the work's users, your or third parties' legal rights to forbid
circumvention of technological measures.
-#### 4. Conveying Verbatim Copies.
+### 4. Conveying Verbatim Copies.
You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you
receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and
@@ -238,7 +210,7 @@
You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey,
and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee.
-#### 5. Conveying Modified Source Versions.
+### 5. Conveying Modified Source Versions.
You may convey a work based on the Program, or the modifications to
produce it from the Program, in the form of source code under the
@@ -273,7 +245,7 @@
in an aggregate does not cause this License to apply to the other
parts of the aggregate.
-#### 6. Conveying Non-Source Forms.
+### 6. Conveying Non-Source Forms.
You may convey a covered work in object code form under the terms of
sections 4 and 5, provided that you also convey the machine-readable
@@ -369,7 +341,7 @@
source code form), and must require no special password or key for
unpacking, reading or copying.
-#### 7. Additional Terms.
+### 7. Additional Terms.
"Additional permissions" are terms that supplement the terms of this
License by making exceptions from one or more of its conditions.
@@ -428,7 +400,7 @@
form of a separately written license, or stated as exceptions; the
above requirements apply either way.
-#### 8. Termination.
+### 8. Termination.
You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly
provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to propagate or
@@ -456,7 +428,7 @@
reinstated, you do not qualify to receive new licenses for the same
material under section 10.
-#### 9. Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
+### 9. Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run
a copy of the Program. Ancillary propagation of a covered work
@@ -467,7 +439,7 @@
not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or propagating a
covered work, you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so.
-#### 10. Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients.
+### 10. Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients.
Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient automatically
receives a license from the original licensors, to run, modify and
@@ -492,7 +464,7 @@
any patent claim is infringed by making, using, selling, offering for
sale, or importing the Program or any portion of it.
-#### 11. Patents.
+### 11. Patents.
A "contributor" is a copyright holder who authorizes use under this
License of the Program or a work on which the Program is based. The
@@ -561,7 +533,7 @@
any implied license or other defenses to infringement that may
otherwise be available to you under applicable patent law.
-#### 12. No Surrender of Others' Freedom.
+### 12. No Surrender of Others' Freedom.
If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
@@ -574,7 +546,7 @@
satisfy both those terms and this License would be to refrain entirely
from conveying the Program.
-#### 13. Use with the GNU Affero General Public License.
+### 13. Use with the GNU Affero General Public License.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have
permission to link or combine any covered work with a work licensed
@@ -585,7 +557,7 @@
section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
combination as such.
-#### 14. Revised Versions of this License.
+### 14. Revised Versions of this License.
The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
of the GNU General Public License from time to time. Such new versions
@@ -611,7 +583,7 @@
author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
later version.
-#### 15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
+### 15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
@@ -623,7 +595,7 @@
DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
CORRECTION.
-#### 16. Limitation of Liability.
+### 16. Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR
@@ -635,7 +607,7 @@
TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
-#### 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
+### 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
@@ -646,7 +618,7 @@
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
-### How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
+## How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
diff --git a/README-dev.md b/README-dev.md
index 66109bc..56b2e40 100644
--- a/README-dev.md
+++ b/README-dev.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
## Unit tests
-To run unit tests, NFD needs to be configured and build with unit test support:
+To run the unit tests, NFD needs to be configured and built with unit test support:
```shell
./waf configure --with-tests # --debug is also strongly recommended while developing
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcdcbe5..28707da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,3 +59,11 @@
NFD is free software distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
See [`COPYING.md`](COPYING.md) for details.
+
+NFD contains third-party software, licensed under the following licenses:
+
+* *CityHash* is licensed under the
+ [MIT license](https://github.com/google/cityhash/blob/master/COPYING)
+* The *WebSocket++* library is licensed under the
+ [3-clause BSD license](https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp/blob/0.8.1/COPYING)
+* The *waf* build system is licensed under the [3-clause BSD license](waf)