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doc: licensing: clarify the impact of the various files

Clarify the impact of the various non-Apache-2.0 licensed files in the
tree.

Clean up the formatting to improve readability and better match the other
parts of the project documentation.

Signed-off-by: Henrik Brix Andersen <hebad@vestas.com>
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@ -10,42 +10,109 @@ are not covered by the `Apache 2.0 License`_. In some places @@ -10,42 +10,109 @@ are not covered by the `Apache 2.0 License`_. In some places
there is no LICENSE file or way to put a LICENSE file there, so we describe the
licensing in this document.
Continuous Integration Scripts
------------------------------
* *Origin:* Linux Kernel
* *Licensing:* `GPLv2 License`_
* *Impact:* These files are used in Continuous Integration (CI) and never linked into the firmware.
* *Files:*
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/checkpatch.pl`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/checkstack.pl`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/spelling.txt`
Coccinelle Scripts
------------------
* *Origin:* Coccinelle
* *Licensing:* `GPLv2 License`_
* *Impact:* These files are used by `Coccinelle`_, a tool for transforming C-code, and never linked
into the firmware.
* *Files:*
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccicheck`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/array_size.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/deref_null.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/deref_null.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/deref_null.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/mini_lock.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/mini_lock.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/mini_lock.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/noderef.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/noderef.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/returnvar.cocci`
* :zephyr_file:`scripts/coccinelle/semicolon.cocci`
GCOV Coverage Header File
-------------------------
* *Origin:* GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection
* *Licensing:* `GPLv2 License`_ with Runtime Library Exception
* *Impact:* This file is only linked into the firmware if :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_COVERAGE_GCOV` is
enabled.
* *Files:*
* :zephyr_file:`subsys/testsuite/coverage/coverage.h`
ENE KB1200_EVB Board OpenOCD Configuration
------------------------------------------
* *Licensing:* `GPLv2 License`_
* *Impact:* This file is used by `OpenOCD`_ when programming and debugging the :ref:`ene_kb1200_evb`
board. It is never linked into the firmware.
* *Files:*
* :zephyr_file:`boards/ene/kb1200_evb/support/openocd.cfg`
Thread-Metric RTOS Test Suite Source Files
------------------------------------------
* *Origin:* ThreadX
* *Licensing:* `MIT License`_
* *Impact:* These files are only linked into the Thread-Metric RTOS Test Suite test firmware.
* *Files:*
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/thread_metric_readme.txt`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_api.h`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_basic_processing_test.c`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_cooperative_scheduling_test.c`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_interrupt_preemption_processing_test.c`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_interrupt_processing_test.c`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_memory_allocation_test.c`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_message_processing_test.c`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_porting_layer.h`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_porting_layer_zephyr.c`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_preemptive_scheduling_test.c`
* :zephyr_file:`tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/src/tm_synchronization_processing_test.c`
OpenThread Spinel HDLC RCP Host Interface Files
-----------------------------------------------
* *Origin:* OpenThread
* *Licensing:* `BSD-3-clause`_
* *Impact:* These files are only linked into the firmware if :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_HDLC_RCP_IF` is
enabled.
* *Files*:
* :zephyr_file:`modules/openthread/platform/hdlc_interface.hpp`
* :zephyr_file:`modules/openthread/platform/radio_spinel.cpp`
* :zephyr_file:`modules/openthread/platform/hdlc_interface.cpp`
.. _Apache 2.0 License:
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/blob/main/LICENSE
.. _GPLv2 License:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/COPYING
*scripts/{checkpatch.pl,checkstack.pl,spelling.txt}*
*Origin:* Linux Kernel
*Licensing:* `GPLv2 License`_
*scripts/{coccicheck,coccinelle/array_size.cocci,coccinelle/deref_null.cocci,coccinelle/deref_null.cocci,coccinelle/deref_null.cocci,coccinelle/mini_lock.cocci,coccinelle/mini_lock.cocci,coccinelle/mini_lock.cocci,coccinelle/noderef.cocci,coccinelle/noderef.cocci,coccinelle/returnvar.cocci,coccinelle/semicolon.cocci}*
*Origin:* Coccinelle
*Licensing:* `GPLv2 License`_
*subsys/testsuite/coverage/coverage.h*
*Origin:* GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection
*Licensing:* `GPLv2 License`_ with Runtime Library Exception
*boards/ene/kb1200_evb/support/openocd.cfg*
*Licensing:* `GPLv2 License`_
.. _MIT License:
https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
*tests/benchmarks/thread_metric/{thread_metric_readme.txt,src/\*}*
*Origin:* ThreadX
*Licensing:* `MIT License`_
.. _BSD-3-clause:
https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause
*modules/openthread/platform/{hdlc_interface.cpp,hdlc_interface.hpp,radio_spinel.cpp}*
*Origin:* OpenThread
.. _Coccinelle:
https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/website/
*Licensing:* `BSD-3-clause`_
.. _OpenOCD:
https://openocd.org

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