diff -r 00a7e6c275da -r 43ff52fb85e6 COPYING
--- a/COPYING	Mon Jul 30 20:02:13 2007 +0000
+++ b/COPYING	Wed Aug 15 21:22:28 2007 +0000
@@ -7,14 +7,20 @@
     licenses.d/by-sa/legalcode   (legal code, the full license)
     
 - Files found in patches/*/ are available under the same license as the
-  software they apply to.
-  As a rule of thumb:
-    patches/uClibc/*/*.patch  : available under the LGPL v2.1
-    patches/glibc/*/*.patch   : ditto
-    patches/dmalloc/*/*.patch : ditto
-    patches/*/*/*.patch not covered by any license above:
-                                GPL v2 (some are GPL v2 or later, see the
-                                full source).
+  upstream software they apply to.
+
+  That means that you can't use those patches if you were licensed the
+  software under a specific license which is not the one the software is
+  commonly available under.
+
+  As an example, if you ever managed to get the Linux kernel under a license
+  other than the GPLv2, you are not allowed to use the Linux kernel patches
+  coming with crosstool-NG, as those are available under the GPLv2, which is
+  the license the Linux kernel is most commonly available under.
+
+  As a convenience, the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v2.1 (for the
+  glibc, uClibc, and some other libraries) is available there:
+    licenses.d/lgpl.txt
 
 - Other files not covered by the above licenses, and not covered by an
   individual license specified in the file itself, or an accompanying file,