From 0f7550831fc8299639b544ff61da50000cb9bb11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Schmidt Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 04:14:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarifications on license Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt --- NOTICE | 10 +++++----- README.md | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE index 7140f68045..ff1b993a0b 100644 --- a/NOTICE +++ b/NOTICE @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -The source code is distributed under [**Collaborative Standards Software -License (CSSL) v1.0**](LICENSE). Some files, such as for orchestration, -are distributed under [MIT license](preferred)(MIT.txt). Documentation is -distributed under [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International -license](LICENSES/preferred/CC-BY-4.0.txt). +The source code is distributed under Collaborative Standards Software License +(CSSL) v1.0. Some files, such as for orchestration, are distributed under MIT +license. Documentation is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 +International license. All the files without an explicit copyright header have +an implicit "Copyright of OpenAirInterface Authors". For more details of the license, refer to the `LICENSES` directory for a list of preferred and exceptionally-applied licenses. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a2c04443a2..fea38ece08 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -40,7 +40,18 @@ Some files, such as for orchestration, are distributed under [MIT license](preferred)(MIT.txt). Documentation is distributed under [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license](LICENSES/preferred/CC-BY-4.0.txt). -Please see [NOTICE](NOTICE.md) for other licenses which are used in the software. +All the files without an explicit copyright header have an implicit "Copyright +of OpenAirInterface Authors". + +Please see [NOTICE](NOTICE) for other licenses which are used in the software. + +In the past OAI source code has been re-licensed sometimes, here is the +history: + +1. CSSL v1.0 starting tag 2026.w14 +2. OAI Public License v1.1 starting tag v1.0 till af4b0d53 +3. OAI Public License v1.0: starting tag v.04 till v1.0 +4. GPL 3: starting tag v.0 till v.04 (only initial implementation of 4G) # Where to Start #