[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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