[Buildroot] [PATCH 5/6] package/gnu-efi: fix legal-info

[Yann E. MORIN]

Thomas, All,

On 2015-04-05 19:17 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Sun,  5 Apr 2015 18:48:26 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Fix a bunch of deficiencies:
> >   - 'debian/copyright' does not exist.
> >   - gnuefi is not GPLv2+. Only one AArch64 file has GPLv2+ headers,
> >     all others have BSD-3c
> >   - efilib is BSD-2c
> 
> I don't quite agree here: some ARM files are also under GPLv2+, so I
> believe the whole thing really is under GPLv2+.

The reasoning for changing that is:
  - there are two files with a GPLv2+ header;
    - gnuefi/crt0-efi-aarch64.S -> GPLv2+ or something like a BSD-2c
    - gnuefi/crt0-efi-arm.S     -> GPLv2+
  - all other files are BSD-3c (or have no licensing info)
  - we don't build gnuefi for ARM or AArch64, only for x86 or x86_64

However, re-reading README.gnuefi, we can read this:

---8<---
 gnuefi: This directory contains the glue necessary to convert ELF64
        binaries to EFI binaries.  Various runtime code bits, such as
        a self-relocator are included as well.  This code has been
        contributed by the Hewlett-Packard Company and is distributed
        under the GNU GPL.
---8<---

This is very confusing.Waht about changing to:

GNU_EFI_LICENSE = BSD-3c and/or GPLv2+ (gnuefi), BSD-3c (efilib)

> This is also apparently the opinion of Debian:
> http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/g/gnu-efi/gnu-efi_3.0i-2ubuntu1/copyright.

Well, I mostly disagree there, if only by looking at the files we *do*
build (others we don't care).

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

-- 
.-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------.
|  Yann E. MORIN  | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: |
| +33 662 376 056 | Software  Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN     |  ___               |
| +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------:  X  AGAINST      |  \e/  There is no  |
| http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL    |   v   conspiracy.  |
'------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'