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edk2: Remove Contributions.txt and update Readme.md
* Remove the Contributions.txt file from the root of the edk2 repository that contained the TianoCore Contribution Agreement. * Update Readme.md in the root of the edk2 repository to state that BSD+Patent is the preferred license for the EDK II project. https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373 This change is based on the following emails: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-February/036260.html https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2018-October/030385.html RFCs with detailed process for the license change: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-March/037669.html https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-March/037500.html Branch for review: https://github.com/mdkinney/edk2/tree/Bug_1373_BsdPatentLicense Cc: Leif Lindholm <[email protected]> Cc: Andrew Fish <[email protected]> Cc: Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1 Signed-off-by: Michael D Kinney <[email protected]>
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A modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment
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for the UEFI and PI specifications from www.uefi.org.
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Contributions to the EDK II open source project are covered by the
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[TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1](Contributions.txt)
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The majority of the content in the EDK II open source project uses a
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[BSD 2-Clause License](License.txt). The EDK II open source project contains
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the following components that are covered by additional licenses:
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[BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License](License.txt). The EDK II open source project
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contains the following components that are covered by additional licenses:
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* [AppPkg/Applications/Python/Python-2.7.2/Tools/pybench](AppPkg/Applications/Python/Python-2.7.2/Tools/pybench/LICENSE)
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* [AppPkg/Applications/Python/Python-2.7.2](AppPkg/Applications/Python/Python-2.7.2/LICENSE)
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* [AppPkg/Applications/Python/Python-2.7.10](AppPkg/Applications/Python/Python-2.7.10/LICENSE)
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* [BaseTools/Source/C/BrotliCompress](BaseTools/Source/C/BrotliCompress/LICENSE)
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* [MdeModulePkg/Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib](MdeModulePkg/Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib/LICENSE)
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* [BaseTools/Source/C/LzmaCompress](BaseTools/Source/C/LzmaCompress/LZMA-SDK-README.txt)
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* [MdeModulePkg/Library/LzmaCustomDecompressLib](MdeModulePkg/Library/LzmaCustomDecompressLib/LZMA-SDK-README.txt)
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* [IntelFrameworkModulePkg/Library/LzmaCustomDecompressLib/Sdk](IntelFrameworkModulePkg/Library/LzmaCustomDecompressLib/LZMA-SDK-README.txt)
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* [BaseTools/Source/C/VfrCompile/Pccts](BaseTools/Source/C/VfrCompile/Pccts/RIGHTS)
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* [EdkCompatibilityPkg/Other/Maintained/Tools/Pccts](EdkCompatibilityPkg/Other/Maintained/Tools/Pccts/README)
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* [MdeModulePkg/Universal/RegularExpressionDxe/Oniguruma](MdeModulePkg/Universal/RegularExpressionDxe/Oniguruma/README)
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* [OvmfPkg](OvmfPkg/License.txt)
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* [CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/openssl](CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/openssl/LICENSE)
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