Add two sentences clarifying the license statement on pidl:

As a notable exception the pidl utility at tools/pidl is covered by a
"GPL version 3 or later" LICENSE. Note that only the tool itself
is covered by this license, not the source code generated by it. The
pidl authors do not consider that code a derived work of pidl.

git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@23387 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 2f64564da8f75d3ac4e570bfa6557613c40cbabf..a853e51709bf761e828ea8bdf99fa889f981c0f6 100644 (file)
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Most parts of Wireshark are covered by a "GPL version 2 or later" LICENSE.
 Some files are covered by different licenses that are compatible with
 the GPLv2.
 As a notable exception the pidl utility at tools/pidl is covered by a
-"GPL version 3 or later" LICENSE.
+"GPL version 3 or later" LICENSE. Note that only the tool itself
+is covered by this license, not the source code generated by it. The
+pidl authors do not consider that code a derived work of pidl.
 
 Parts of Wireshark can be built and distributed as libraries.  These
 parts are still covered by the GPL, and NOT by the Lesser General Public