Merge pull request #3422 from pguibert6WIND/license_gplv3_rule

doc: add a community rule to permit usage of GPLv3
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@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ License for Contributions
FRR is under a “GPLv2 or later” license. Any code submitted must be released FRR is under a “GPLv2 or later” license. Any code submitted must be released
under the same license (preferred) or any license which allows redistribution under the same license (preferred) or any license which allows redistribution
under this GPLv2 license (eg MIT License). under this GPLv2 license (eg MIT License).
It is forbidden to push any code that prevents from using GPLv3 license. This
becomes a community rule, as FRR produces binaries that links with Apache 2.0
libraries. Apache 2.0 and GPLv2 license are incompatible, if put together.
Please see `<http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html>`_ for
more information. This rule guarantees the user to distribute FRR binary code
without any licensing issues.
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