From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: From: Alexander Dahl Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:36:46 +0200 Message-ID: <11143786.Ogc1TrekAa@ada> In-Reply-To: <20191009082202.dxfxkayiq2tkrezh@pengutronix.de> References: <1570564910-29185-1-git-send-email-apr@cn-eng.de> <1570564910-29185-3-git-send-email-apr@cn-eng.de> <20191009082202.dxfxkayiq2tkrezh@pengutronix.de> Subject: Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH 2/2] libnl3: fix license identifier (GPL-2.0-only -> LGPL-2.1-only) List-Id: PTXdist Development Mailing List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ptxdist-bounces@pengutronix.de Sender: "ptxdist" To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de Cc: Roland Hieber , Andreas Pretzsch Hei hei, Am Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2019, 10:22:02 CEST schrieb Roland Hieber: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 10:01:50PM +0200, Andreas Pretzsch wrote: > > One of the changes 3.4.0 -> 3.5.0 was to add SPDX tags all > > across the source files. They are now tagged as LGPL-2.1-only. > > > > The lib code itself had written LGPL-2.1-only headers already, > > as did most of the commandline tools (src/nf-* and src/nl-*). > > Very few of the cli tools have written GPL-2.0-only headers > > even now, but the LGPL-2.1-only SPDX tag was added there also. > > But given the use of those cli tools, and the meaning of LGPL > > for regular executables, they are probably fine as LGPL, too. I would consider that as a bug, which should be filed there. > > For details, see https://github.com/thom311/libnl/pull/219 > > It was accepted mainline as commit cee0b1b 'Add SPDX identifiers'. This should not have been accepted that way upstream. :-/ > > Therefore update the license tag in the rule to follow mainline. > > > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Pretzsch > > --- > > > > rules/libnl3.make | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/rules/libnl3.make b/rules/libnl3.make > > index 153c7b80e..5b3af0065 100644 > > --- a/rules/libnl3.make > > +++ b/rules/libnl3.make > > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LIBNL3_SUFFIX := tar.gz > > > > LIBNL3_URL := > > https://github.com/thom311/libnl/releases/download/$(LIBNL3_RELEASE)/$(L > > IBNL3).$(LIBNL3_SUFFIX) LIBNL3_SOURCE := > > $(SRCDIR)/$(LIBNL3).$(LIBNL3_SUFFIX) > > LIBNL3_DIR := $(BUILDDIR)/$(LIBNL3) > > > > -LIBNL3_LICENSE := GPL-2.0-only > > +LIBNL3_LICENSE := LGPL-2.1-only > > It's also a good idea to add > LIBNL3_LICENSE_FILES := > file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c so we get a hint where > the license is and when it changes again. > > I threw licensecheck [1] at the code. There a few files which have > comments identifying them as GPL-2.0-only, but also now have a > "SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only" tag: > > ./src/idiag-socket-details.c GPL (v2) > ./src/nl-addr-add.c GPL (v2) > ./src/nl-addr-delete.c GPL (v2) > ./src/nl-addr-list.c GPL (v2) > ./src/nl-cls-add.c GPL (v2) > > as well as several files in ./include/linux-private/linux/, which are > GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note or GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note > (obviously copied from the kernel, although I don't understand why). > > ./lib/xfrm and ./include/netlink/ are BSD-3-Clause. > > So I guess until we can argue that those files don't make it into a > compiled binary, the license statement should be > LGPL-2.1-only AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note and > GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note and BSD-3-Clause. > > [1]: https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Licensecheck FWIW, I created a ticket [1] back in May 2019 after the discussion starting here: https://www.mail-archive.com/ptxdist@pengutronix.de/msg14394.html Maybe someone wants to add the correct SPDX identifiers and license texts and sent PR to upstream? As far as I could see in upstream PR #219 already, the maintainer would happily apply those? Greets Alex [1] https://github.com/thom311/libnl/issues/215 _______________________________________________ ptxdist mailing list ptxdist@pengutronix.de