[Buildroot] [PATCH 5/6] package/gnu-efi: fix legal-info
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sun Apr 5 17:36:04 UTC 2015
Dear Yann E. MORIN,
On Sun, 5 Apr 2015 19:31:34 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> 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)
I would find this to be a safer value.
Thomas
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