[yocto] Regarding Licensing of "mbsalign.c" available in util-linux-2.21.2 version (Yocto-1.3-Danny)

[Gaurang Shastri]

Hi All,

Any shades of light for below query ???

//Gaurang Shastri

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Gaurang Shastri <gmshastri at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have some concerns regarding util-linux-2.21.2 version . As per
> Yocto-1.3 (danny) recipe,
> {{{
>
> LICENSE_${PN}-lscpu = "GPLv3+"  <-- util-linux_2.21.2.bb
>
> LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+ & BSD"   <-- util-linux.inc
>
> }}}
>
> So as per the above description, only lscpu is GPLv3.
>
> But while looking into the source of util-linux-2.21.2, I found out that
> "util-linux-2.21.2/lib/mbsalign.c" is GPLv3 and it is used by following
> binaries while building:
> {{{
>   -  fdisk
>   -  partx
> }}}
>
> So does it mean that the above binaries should also be GPLv3 and need to
> take care in util-linux.{bb,inc} ???
>
> Regards,
> Gaurang Shastri
>
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