update copyright file to allow distribution of the debian patch

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/copyright.head b/debian/copyright.head
index 6d95c8ae2..31658dbdf 100644
--- a/debian/copyright.head
+++ b/debian/copyright.head
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ original ssh package, which has since been renamed as ssh-nonfree.
 The Debian patch is distributed under the terms of the GPL, which you
 can find in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
 
+In addition, as a special exception, Matthew Vernon gives permission
+to link the code of the Debian patch with any version of the OpenSSH
+code which is distributed under a license identical to that listed in
+the included Copyright 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 OpenSSH.  If you
+modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the
+file, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do
+so, delete this exception statement from your version.
+
 The upstream source for this package is a combination of the ssh
 branch that is being maintained by the OpenBSD team (starting from
 the last version of SSH that was distributed under a free license),