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+These files make up the code that create the trace-cmd programs.
+This includes the GUI interface application kernelshark as well
+as trace-graph and trace-view.
+
+These files also make up the code to create the libraries
+
+  libtracecmd and libparsevent
+
+The applications are licensed under the GNU General Public License 2.0
+(see COPYING) and the libraries are licensed under the GNU
+Lesser General Public License 2.1 (See COPYING.LIB).