qmk_firmware/License-Clarification.md

Overview

As raised in #1038 and other issues, the licensing status of QMK is not clear. In an effort to remove ambiguity and to clarify the licensing status of the quantum code we are identifying the providence of our source code files and clarifying what license applies to each one.

Signoff

This section documents the people who need to sign off on applying the GPL to one or more of their contributions. If your name appears below and you consent to applying the GPL to your contributions, please put today's date in the last field of your row. Please stick to the following date format: 2017 Jan 28

Username	Files	Sign Off Date
@0xdec	quantum/rgblight.c
@algernon	quantum/quantum.c quantum/quantum.h quantum/process_keycode/process_tap_dance.c quantum/process_keycode/process_tap_dance.h quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode.c quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode.h	2017 Jan 29
@cdim	quantum/template/template.c quantum/template/template.h
@DidierLoiseau	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_canadian_multilingual.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_bepo.h	2017 Jan 29
@eltang	quantum/config_common.h quantum/matrix.c quantum/quantum.c quantum/quantum.h quantum/rgblight.c quantum/rgblight.h quantum/template/config.h
@ezuk	quantum/matrix.c quantum/quantum.c quantum/quantum.h quantum/quantum_keycodes.h quantum/rgblight.c quantum/rgblight.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_colemak.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_nordic.h
@fredizzimo	quantum/config_common.h quantum/keycode_config.h quantum/keymap.h quantum/keymap_common.c quantum/keymap_common.c quantum/matrix.c quantum/quantum.h quantum/rgblight.c quantum/rgblight.h quantum/api/api_sysex.c	2017 Jan 29
@h-youhei	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_jp.h	2017 Jan 28
@heartsekai	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german_ch.h	2017 Jan 29
@IBnobody	quantum/keycode_config.h quantum/matrix.c quantum/quantum.c quantum/audio/audio.c quantum/audio/audio.h quantum/audio/audio_pwm.c quantum/audio/audio_pwm.c quantum/audio/voices.c quantum/audio/voices.h quantum/template/config.h quantum/template/template.c
@jackhumbert	quantum/config_common.h quantum/keycode_config.h quantum/keymap.h quantum/keymap_common.c quantum/light_ws2812.c quantum/light_ws2812.h quantum/matrix.c quantum/quantum.c quantum/quantum.h quantum/quantum_keycodes.h quantum/rgblight.c quantum/rgblight.h quantum/api/api_sysex.c quantum/audio/audio.c quantum/audio/audio.h quantum/audio/audio_pwm.c quantum/audio/audio_pwm.c quantum/audio/voices.c quantum/audio/voices.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_colemak.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_dvorak.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_fr_ch.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_french.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_french_osx.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german_ch.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german_osx.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_neo2.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_nordic.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_plover.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_spanish.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_uk.h quantum/process_keycode/process_midi.c quantum/process_keycode/process_music.c quantum/process_keycode/process_tap_dance.c quantum/process_keycode/process_tap_dance.h quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode.c quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode.h quantum/template/config.h quantum/template/template.c quantum/template/template.h	2017-01-29
@jakllsch	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_dvorak.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_fr_ch.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_french.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german_ch.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_nordic.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_spanish.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_uk.h	2017 Jan 29
kuel	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_unicode_cyrillic.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_russian.h
@lindhe	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_nordic.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_norwegian.h
@matzebond	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_neo2.h
@plgruener	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german.h quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_neo2.h
@priyadi	quantum/quantum.c quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode.c quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode.h
@pvinis	quantum/quantum.c quantum/quantum.h quantum/process_keycode/process_tap_dance.c quantum/process_keycode/process_tap_dance.h	2017 Jan 29
@Smilliam	quantum/quantum.c
@sperochon	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_french_osx.h
stephan . bosebeck at holidayinsider.com	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_german_osx.h
@TerryMathews	quantum/quantum.c
@Twey	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_plover.h
@Vifon	quantum/dynamic_macro.h quantum/quantum.c
@vincent-pochet	quantum/keymap_extras/keymap_fr_ch.h
@wez	quantum/dynamic_macro.h	2017 Jan 29
@Wilba6582	quantum/keymap.h quantum/keymap_common.c quantum/quantum_keycodes.h
@yangliu	quantum/light_ws2812.c quantum/light_ws2812.h quantum/rgblight.c quantum/rgblight.h