yajl: add license information
PATCH 1/4 yajl: add license information
From: Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
--- package/yajl/yajl.mk | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
package/yajl/yajl.mk +2 -0
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ YAJL_VERSION = 2.0.4 YAJL_SITE = git://github.com/lloyd/yajl.git YAJL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES +YAJL_LICENSE = ISC +YAJL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING $(eval $(cmake-package))
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1.7.9.5
PATCH 2/4 zeromq: add license information
From: Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
--- package/zeromq/zeromq.mk | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
package/zeromq/zeromq.mk +2 -0
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ ZEROMQ_VERSION = 2.1.11 ZEROMQ_SITE = http://download.zeromq.org/ ZEROMQ_INSTALL_STAGING = YES ZEROMQ_DEPENDENCIES = util-linux +ZEROMQ_LICENSE = GPLv3+ +ZEROMQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING $(eval $(autotools-package))
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1.7.9.5
PATCH 2/4 zeromq: add license information
Le Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:08:42 +0100,
spdawson at gmail.com a ?crit :
package/zeromq/zeromq.mk ZEROMQ_VERSION = 2.1.11 · line 12
Quoted 2 lines
package/zeromq/zeromq.mk +2
-0+ZEROMQ_LICENSE = GPLv3+ +ZEROMQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
No. Most of ZeroMQ is apparently under the LGPLv3+, but the COPYING.LESSER contains a special exception. This needs to be encoded differently.
Best regards,
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com
PATCH 2/4 zeromq: add license information
Quoted 9 lines · Thomas Petazzoni
Le Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:08:42 +0100,
spdawson at gmail.com a ?crit :package/zeromq/zeromq.mk ZEROMQ_VERSION = 2.1.11 · line 12
Quoted 2 lines
package/zeromq/zeromq.mk +2
-0+ZEROMQ_LICENSE = GPLv3+ +ZEROMQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGNo. Most of ZeroMQ is apparently under the LGPLv3+, but the COPYING.LESSER contains a special exception. This needs to be encoded differently.
Okay; thanks Thomas. It's not clear to me how properly to express that using the package license variables; I'll wait to see if there are any suggestions.
Simon.
PATCH 2/4 zeromq: add license information
Quoted 12 lines · Simon Dawson
Quoted 9 lines · Thomas Petazzoni
Le Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:08:42 +0100,
spdawson at gmail.com a ?crit :package/zeromq/zeromq.mk ZEROMQ_VERSION = 2.1.11 · line 12
Quoted 2 lines
package/zeromq/zeromq.mk +2
-0+ZEROMQ_LICENSE = GPLv3+ +ZEROMQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGNo. Most of ZeroMQ is apparently under the LGPLv3+, but the COPYING.LESSER contains a special exception. This needs to be encoded differently.
Quoted 3 lines
Okay; thanks Thomas. It's not clear to me how properly to express that using the package license variables; I'll wait to see if there are any suggestions.
ZeroMQ COPYING.LESSER defines the project license in a quite complex way:
a GPLv3+ with exceptions, plus some parts licensed under the MIT (X11) license:
Quoted 1 line
Parts of the software are licensed under the MIT (X11) license as
follows:
Quoted 5 lines
Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Contributors as listed in AUTHORS
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
...
(From COPYING.LESSER, bottom part)
However, their Wiki has a clarifying page:
http://www.zeromq.org/blog:rfc-0mq-contributions
Briefly:
- ZeroMQ used to be "open source" (license not reported) with comtributor
agreement;
- then they started accepting contributions under the MIT/X11 license;
- in august 2010 they chose to switch to LGPLv3+, and converted all file headers accordingly.
So, it looks like the license is an "LGPLv3+ with exceptions", and the "Parts under the MIT/X11" do not exist anymore. But I'm not sure my understanding is correct.
It may be worth asking if the MIT/X11 part of COPYING.LESSER can be considerednot applicable anymore, and so if it can be dropped to simplify their license.
Of course searching their mail archives for more such info, or other clarification, is the best thing. The period around august 2010 may be interesting.
Simon, would you mind doing this research?
Luca
PATCH 2/4 zeromq: add license information
Hi Luca; thanks for looking into this.
Quoted 8 lines · Luca Ceresoli
So, it looks like the license is an "LGPLv3+ with exceptions", and the "Parts under the MIT/X11" do not exist anymore. But I'm not sure my understanding is correct.
It may be worth asking if the MIT/X11 part of COPYING.LESSER can be considerednot applicable anymore, and so if it can be dropped to simplify their license.
Quoted 5 lines
Of course searching their mail archives for more such info, or other clarification, is the best thing. The period around august 2010 may be interesting.
Simon, would you mind doing this research?
I have spent some time searching the 0MQ mailing list, but have drawn a blank. I have now posted a message on the mailing list, requesting clarification of the license terms. (I agree that the MIT/X11 clause appears to be superfluous.)
I'll let you know if and when I get a response.
Simon.
PATCH 2/4 zeromq: add license information
There has now been a response to my request on the 0MQ mailing list:
Quoted 4 lines · Pieter Hintjens
Indeed, this was the old JSON parsing library we used years ago for device configuration.
Thanks for catching this. I'll fix the license.
So, as Luca suggested, the MIT/X11 license clause in COPYING.LESSER is no longer required.
Consequently (and, again, as suggested by Luca), the license for the Buildroot zeromq package would appear to be "LGPLv3+ with exceptions".
I'll fix my patch, and resubmit.
Simon.
PATCH 3/4 zlib: add license information
In reply to spdawson at gmail.comFrom: Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
--- package/zlib/zlib.mk | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
package/zlib/zlib.mk +2 -0
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ZLIB_VERSION = 1.2.7 ZLIB_SOURCE =zlib-$(ZLIB_VERSION).tar.bz2 ZLIB_SITE = http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libpng +ZLIB_LICENSE = zlib license +ZLIB_LICENSE_FILES = README ZLIB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
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1.7.9.5
Thomas Petazzoni
AppliedPATCH 3/4 zlib: add license information
Le Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:08:43 +0100,
spdawson at gmail.com a ?crit :
Quoted 3 lines
From: Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com
PATCH 4/4 zxing: add license information
In reply to spdawson at gmail.comFrom: Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
--- package/zxing/zxing.mk | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
package/zxing/zxing.mk +2 -0
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ ZXING_VERSION = 2.0 ZXING_SITE = http://zxing.googlecode.com/files ZXING_SOURCE = ZXing-$(ZXING_VERSION).zip +ZXING_LICENSE = Apache +ZXING_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING ZXING_INSTALL_STAGING = YES ifneq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
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1.7.9.5
Thomas Petazzoni
AppliedPATCH 4/4 zxing: add license information
Le Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:08:44 +0100,
spdawson at gmail.com a ?crit :
Quoted 3 lines
From: Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com
Thomas Petazzoni
AppliedPATCH 1/4 yajl: add license information
In reply to spdawson at gmail.comLe Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:08:41 +0100,
spdawson at gmail.com a ?crit :
Quoted 3 lines
From: Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Simon Dawson <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com