[Buildroot] [PATCH 02/11] package/connman: clarify license of client code

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Sun Nov 17 16:03:28 UTC 2019



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 at 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
>>
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