Patches should be under the same license than the original software. 
That is at least  GPL requirement and most packages are distributed 
under GPL terms.
My $.02
G
On Friday 22 July 2005 17:01, Henrik S. Hansen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a question regarding the licensing of the patches used in
> the LFS book (version 6.1).  It is not clearly stated anywhere what
> the license for these patches are.  I assume that the patches
> written by LFS developers are under the same license as the book. 
> Is this correct?
>
> I think it would be wise to clarify this issue, or even better:
> have a written policy that any patches that go in LFS must be under
> a free software license.
>
> Regards,
> Henrik S. Hansen

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