From 04c9c61b0febf08757b88120ae2c8b34e30a39b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Smith Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:04:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [design documents] Add LICENSE and README to folder The design documents are covered by the same license as the rest of the ABI. However the comments refer to LICENSE, which needs README to interpret. These files can be found adjacent to each of the main documents. I have taken the logo, README and LICENSE verbatim from one of the existing documents with edits to the README description to make it apply to all the documents in the design-documents folder. --- design-documents/Arm_logo_blue_RGB.svg | 15 ++++++++++ design-documents/LICENSE | 22 ++++++++++++++ design-documents/README.md | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+) create mode 100644 design-documents/Arm_logo_blue_RGB.svg create mode 100644 design-documents/LICENSE create mode 100644 design-documents/README.md diff --git a/design-documents/Arm_logo_blue_RGB.svg b/design-documents/Arm_logo_blue_RGB.svg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1f9a9ba1 --- /dev/null +++ b/design-documents/Arm_logo_blue_RGB.svg @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ + + + + + + diff --git a/design-documents/LICENSE b/design-documents/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aa6d8392 --- /dev/null +++ b/design-documents/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +This work is licensed under the Creative Commons +Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of +this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ or +send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA +94042, USA. + +Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this +license (both the Public License and this Patent License), each +Licensor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, +no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this +section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, +import, and otherwise transfer the Licensed Material, where such +license applies only to those patent claims licensable by such +Licensor that are necessarily infringed by their contribution(s) alone +or by combination of their contribution(s) with the Licensed Material +to which such contribution(s) was submitted. If You institute patent +litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim +in a lawsuit) alleging that the Licensed Material or a contribution +incorporated within the Licensed Material constitutes direct or +contributory patent infringement, then any licenses granted to You +under this license for that Licensed Material shall terminate as of +the date such litigation is filed. diff --git a/design-documents/README.md b/design-documents/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..41028ed1 --- /dev/null +++ b/design-documents/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +
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+ +# Design Documents + + +## About the documents in this folder + +This folder contains design documents for the ABI. The intention of +the design documents is to provide rationale and background for the +individual ABI documents. Nothing written in a design document is +normative, and if there is any disagreement with one of the main +specification documents then the specification takes precedence. + +## About the license + +As identified more fully in the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file, this project +is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 along with an additional patent +license. The language in the additional patent license is largely +identical to that in Apache-2.0 (specifically, Section 3 of Apache-2.0 +as reflected at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) with two +exceptions. + +First, several changes were made related to the defined terms so as to +reflect the fact that such defined terms need to align with the +terminology in CC-BY-SA-4.0 rather than Apache-2.0 (e.g., changing +“Work” to “Licensed Material”). + +Second, the defensive termination clause was changed such that the +scope of defensive termination applies to “any licenses granted to +You” (rather than “any patent licenses granted to You”). This change +is intended to help maintain a healthy ecosystem by providing +additional protection to the community against patent litigation +claims. + +## Defects report + +Please report defects in any of the design documents to the [issue +tracker page on +GitHub](https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/issues).