[yocto] [meta-cgl][PATCH] heartbeat: fix license issue
akuster808
akuster808 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 16 15:12:57 PST 2015
It should be an ""&" (and). I will send a updated patch soon.
- armin
On 02/16/2015 09:24 AM, Lars Ellenberg wrote:
> Am 16. Februar 2015 10:18:29 MEZ, schrieb Alexandru Vaduva
> <Alexandru.Vaduva at enea.com>:
>
> Hello Christopher,
>
> Your observation is very accurate.
>
> After a quick inspection I observed the following:
>
> Inside heartbeat-suse.spec the next information:License: GPL v2 only; LGPL v2.1 or later
>
> Link here:
> http://hg.linux-ha.org/heartbeat-STABLE_3_0/file/545554f6fc0a/heartbeat-suse.spec
>
> Inside heartbeat-fedora.spec the next information:License: GPLv2 and LGPLv2+
>
> Link here:
> http://hg.linux-ha.org/heartbeat-STABLE_3_0/file/545554f6fc0a/heartbeat-fedora.spec
>
> I added Lars Ellenberg one of the authors behind heartbeat or drbd
> to the discussion.
>
> Hello Lars, sorry for disturbing you but maybe you could help us
> with our little problem.
>
> If anyone from the Yocto Project community has any input on this
> matter please help.
>
> For me at least this problem is not clear. Should the “|”sign remain
> or should it be replaced with the “&”one between the licenses.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Alex Vaduva
>
> *From:*yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org
> [mailto:yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Christopher
> Larson
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:01 PM
> *To:* Armin Kuster
> *Cc:* yocto
> *Subject:* Re: [yocto] [meta-cgl][PATCH] heartbeat: fix license issue
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Armin Kuster <akuster808 at gmail.com
> <mailto:akuster808 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> -LICENSE = "GPLv2 LGPLv2+"
> +LICENSE = "GPLv2 | LGPLv2+"
>
>
> Are you sure this is correct? Afaict this is wrong, as there are
> parts of the source tree under the GPL, and parts under LGPL, which
> means it's an AND relationship -- both apply, not an OR
> relationship, where you can choose which to use.
> --
>
> Christopher Larson
> clarson at kergoth dot com
> Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
> Maintainer - Tslib
> Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics
>
>
> It is an "and".
> Some parts have been taken from LGPL or dual license whatever/LGPL
> origin. Some GPL. So it is both, not an option or choice. Which parts
> are what however I do not know from the top of my head, I'd have to
> check, if it is relevant to you.
>
> Thanks,
> Lars
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