[Buildroot] [PATCH] inotify-tools: add license information

[Luca Ceresoli]

Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:08:40 +0100,
> spdawson at gmail.com a écrit :
>
>> From: Simon Dawson <spdawson at gmail.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Simon Dawson <spdawson at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk |    2 ++
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk b/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
>> index 52a1701..7c37929 100644
>> --- a/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
>> +++ b/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
>> @@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
>>   INOTIFY_TOOLS_VERSION = 3.14
>>   INOTIFY_TOOLS_SITE = http://github.com/downloads/rvoicilas/inotify-tools/
>>   $(eval $(autotools-package))
>> +INOTIFY_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
>> +INOTIFY_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
>
> I've applied this one, but modified the two licensing-related lines to
> be above the $(eval $(autotools-package)).
>
> Also, I am not 100% sure how to decide whether this package is GPLv2 or
> GPLv2+. The COPYING file contains the text of the GPLv2, but I haven't
> found any other place in the source code where the license was
> mentioned. So we don't know whether it is GPLv2 only, or "GPLv2 or
> later".
>
> I've applied your patch with GPLv2+, and we'll listen to comments from
> others if they have a better idea on how to take the proper decision on
> this.

iostat has the same licensing policy.

The GPLv2 (reported in the COPYING file for inotify-tools, as well as 
iostat)
states:

   If the Program does not specify a version number of
   this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free 
Software
   Foundation.

So:
INOTIFY_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPL

Luca