[PATCH v4] Add new COPYING file

[Sebastian Huber]

Update #3053.
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v2:

Add Hesham Almatary:

https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3053#comment:6

v3:

Add Jiri Gaisler:

https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3053#comment:7

I am not sure about the first contribution year.

v4:

Add GCI contributors:

Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi
Himanshu Sekhar Nayak
Jacob Shin
Marçal Comajoan Cara
Pritish Jain
Shashvat Jain

I need names for:

kaidoho kho237115 at gmail.com

kuaLeYi kualeyidxa at gmail.com

zehata zenon.hans.taneka at dhs.sg
Zenon zenon.hans.taneka at dhs.sg

 COPYING | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 COPYING

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e1339c90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+RTEMS is a collection of software from several sources.
+
+Each file may have its own copyright/license that is embedded in the source
+file.  Unless otherwise noted in the body of the source file(s), the following
+copyright notices will apply to the contents of RTEMS.  Copyright lines should
+be sorted by the first year followed by the copyright holder.
+
+(1) BSD-2-Clause
+
+Copyright (C) 2018 Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi
+Copyright (C) 2018 Himanshu Sekhar Nayak
+Copyright (C) 2018 Jacob Shin
+Copyright (C) 2018 Marçal Comajoan Cara
+Copyright (C) 2018 Pritish Jain
+Copyright (C) 2018 Shashvat Jain
+Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Alexander Krutwig
+Copyright (C) 2013, 2018 Hesham Almatary
+Copyright (C) 2012, 2014 Ralf Kirchner
+Copyright (C) 2012, 2018 Christian Mauderer
+Copyright (C) 2010, 2018 Gedare Bloom
+Copyright (C) 2008, 2018 Sebastian Huber
+Copyright (C) 2005, 2018 Thomas Dörfler
+Copyright (C) 2005, 2018 embedded brains GmbH
+Copyright (C) 1996, 2018 Chris Johns
+Copyright (C) 1996, 2016 Jiri Gaisler
+Copyright (C) 1989, 2018 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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