| Message ID | 20191113151724.12155-3-peter@korsgaard.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Fix license incompatibility with readline | expand |
Peter, All, On 2019-11-13 16:17 +0100, Peter Korsgaard spake thusly: > While the core connman code is licensed under GPL-2.0, the client code is > GPL-2.0+ for compatibility with readline (which is GPL-3.0+). > > Extend the _LICENSE with this info to clarify that linking against > readline is OK licensing wise. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> Applied to master, thanks. It's a pity they do not have a license file for it, though... Regards, Yann E. MORIN. > --- > package/connman/connman.mk | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/package/connman/connman.mk b/package/connman/connman.mk > index 839bc7a0e2..7ca49726dd 100644 > --- a/package/connman/connman.mk > +++ b/package/connman/connman.mk > @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ define CONNMAN_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD > endef > > ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_CLIENT),y) > +CONNMAN_LICENSE += , GPL-2.0+ (client) > CONNMAN_CONF_OPTS += --enable-client > CONNMAN_DEPENDENCIES += readline > > -- > 2.20.1 > > _______________________________________________ > buildroot mailing list > buildroot@busybox.net > http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/buildroot
On 13/11/2019 19:56, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > Peter, All, > > On 2019-11-13 16:17 +0100, Peter Korsgaard spake thusly: >> While the core connman code is licensed under GPL-2.0, the client code is >> GPL-2.0+ for compatibility with readline (which is GPL-3.0+). >> >> Extend the _LICENSE with this info to clarify that linking against >> readline is OK licensing wise. >> >> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> > > Applied to master, thanks. > > It's a pity they do not have a license file for it, though... The license file would be identical, because the GPL license files don't include the "or later" clause - that is only in the source files, and possibly in a README or similar. Regards, Arnout > > Regards, > Yann E. MORIN. > >> --- >> package/connman/connman.mk | 1 + >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >> >> diff --git a/package/connman/connman.mk b/package/connman/connman.mk >> index 839bc7a0e2..7ca49726dd 100644 >> --- a/package/connman/connman.mk >> +++ b/package/connman/connman.mk >> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ define CONNMAN_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD >> endef >> >> ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_CLIENT),y) >> +CONNMAN_LICENSE += , GPL-2.0+ (client) >> CONNMAN_CONF_OPTS += --enable-client >> CONNMAN_DEPENDENCIES += readline >> >> -- >> 2.20.1 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> buildroot mailing list >> buildroot@busybox.net >> http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/buildroot >
>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> writes: > While the core connman code is licensed under GPL-2.0, the client code is > GPL-2.0+ for compatibility with readline (which is GPL-3.0+). > Extend the _LICENSE with this info to clarify that linking against > readline is OK licensing wise. > Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> Committed to 2019.02.x and 2019.08.x, thanks.
diff --git a/package/connman/connman.mk b/package/connman/connman.mk index 839bc7a0e2..7ca49726dd 100644 --- a/package/connman/connman.mk +++ b/package/connman/connman.mk @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ define CONNMAN_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD endef ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_CLIENT),y) +CONNMAN_LICENSE += , GPL-2.0+ (client) CONNMAN_CONF_OPTS += --enable-client CONNMAN_DEPENDENCIES += readline
While the core connman code is licensed under GPL-2.0, the client code is GPL-2.0+ for compatibility with readline (which is GPL-3.0+). Extend the _LICENSE with this info to clarify that linking against readline is OK licensing wise. Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> --- package/connman/connman.mk | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)