[yocto] [meta-cgl][PATCH] heartbeat: fix license issue

[Lars Ellenberg]

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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