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

[Khem Raj]

On Mar 11, 2013, at 3:45 AM, Gaurang Shastri <gmshastri at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Any shades of light for below query ???
> 

I would suggest to open a bug for it.

> //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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