[PATCH] License: explain OpenSSL exception in README

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Stefano Babic

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Oct 5, 2026, 6:29:14 AM (4 days ago) Oct 5
to swup...@googlegroups.com, Stefano Babic, Caren Kresse
As suggested by OSADL, make clear the default license of the project.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic <stefan...@swupdate.org>
Suggested-by: Caren Kresse <ckr...@osadl.org>
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README.md | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b76cd9e..7075f116 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ Examples using meta-swupdate with evaluation boards (Beaglebone, RPI3) are provi

## License

-SWUpdate is released under GPLv2. A library to control SWUpdate is part of the
+SWUpdate is released under GPLv2 with a generic OpenSSL exception. A library to control SWUpdate is part of the
project and it is released under LGPLv2.1.
License information for any file is either explicitly stated
-or defaults to GPL version 2.0. Extension written in Lua are subjected to
-Lua license (MIT).
+or defaults to GPL version 2.0. Regardless of license notices in individual files, the GPLv2 with generic OpenSSL
+exception is valid for the project as a whole.
+Extension written in Lua are subjected to Lua license (MIT).

## Community support

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2.53.0

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