CMakeLists.txt

@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ endif()
 set(ICINGA2_BUILD_COMPILER_VERSION "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
 
 file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING" ICINGA2_LICENSE_GPL)
-file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING.Exceptions" ICINGA2_LICENSE_ADDITIONS)
 set(ICINGA2_LICENSE "${ICINGA2_LICENSE_GPL}\n\n---\n\n${ICINGA2_LICENSE_ADDITIONS}")
 file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE.txt" ${ICINGA2_LICENSE})
 
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ endif()
 configure_file(config.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h ESCAPE_QUOTES)
 
 install(
-  FILES README.md COPYING COPYING.Exceptions AUTHORS CHANGELOG.md NEWS
+  FILES README.md COPYING AUTHORS CHANGELOG.md NEWS
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}
 )
 

README.md

@@ -27,12 +27,26 @@ as web interface.
 More information can be found at [www.icinga.com](https://www.icinga.com/products/icinga-2/)
 and inside the [documentation](https://www.icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/).
 
-## License
+## Licensing
 
 Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
 General Public License Version 2, you will find a copy of this license in the
 COPYING file included in the source package.
 
+In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
+OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
+individual source file, and distribute linked combinations including
+the two.
+
+You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all
+of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the
+file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do
+so, delete this exception statement from your version. If you delete
+this exception statement from all source files in the program, then
+also delete it here.
+
 ## Installation
 
 Read the [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file for more information about how to install it.