From: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de
Subject: Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH v2 1/3] libmodbus3: correct license
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 11:04:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200604090451.gwp6itayehfvsfwg@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200602132839.GA1470@pengutronix.de>
On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 03:28:39PM +0200, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 03:06:51PM +0200, Bastian Krause wrote:
> >
> > On 5/29/20 10:44 AM, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:04:24AM +0200, Bastian Krause wrote:
> > >> libmodbus reverted its license with v3.0.0, commit 1275387 ("Revert
> > >> libmodbus licence from LGPLv3 to LGPLv2.1") to LGPL-2.1-or-later.
> > >> 820e15f ("SPDX: change LGPL-2.1+ to LGPL-2.1-or-later") updates the SPDX
> > >> identifier in file headers to the recent version.
> > >> The README.md states "or later" part of the license, so add that to
> > >> LIBMODBUS3_LICENSE_FILES.
> > >>
> > >> The tests are licensed under BSD-3-Clause since v3.1.2, commit bdd5379
> > >> ("Switch test programs to a BSD license").
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Bastian Krause <bst@pengutronix.de>
> > >> ---
> > >> Changes since (implicit) v1:
> > >> - add " AND BSD-3-Clause" to license since the tests are licensed under
> > >> BSD-3-Clause
> > >> - add LIBMODBUS3_LICENSE_FILES
> > >> ---
> > >> rules/libmodbus3.make | 21 ++++++++++++---------
> > >> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/rules/libmodbus3.make b/rules/libmodbus3.make
> > >> index f206ec4aa..06721aa05 100644
> > >> --- a/rules/libmodbus3.make
> > >> +++ b/rules/libmodbus3.make
> > >> @@ -14,15 +14,18 @@ PACKAGES-$(PTXCONF_LIBMODBUS3) += libmodbus3
> > >> #
> > >> # Paths and names
> > >> #
> > >> -LIBMODBUS3_VERSION := 3.1.4
> > >> -LIBMODBUS3_MD5 := b1a8fd3a40d2db4de51fb0cbcb201806
> > >> -LIBMODBUS3 := libmodbus-$(LIBMODBUS3_VERSION)
> > >> -LIBMODBUS3_SUFFIX := tar.gz
> > >> -LIBMODBUS3_URL := http://libmodbus.org/site_media/build/$(LIBMODBUS3).$(LIBMODBUS3_SUFFIX)
> > >> -LIBMODBUS3_SOURCE := $(SRCDIR)/$(LIBMODBUS3).$(LIBMODBUS3_SUFFIX)
> > >> -LIBMODBUS3_DIR := $(BUILDDIR)/$(LIBMODBUS3)
> > >> -LIBMODBUS3_LICENSE := LGPL-3.0-only
> > >> -
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3_VERSION := 3.1.4
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3_MD5 := b1a8fd3a40d2db4de51fb0cbcb201806
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3 := libmodbus-$(LIBMODBUS3_VERSION)
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3_SUFFIX := tar.gz
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3_URL := http://libmodbus.org/site_media/build/$(LIBMODBUS3).$(LIBMODBUS3_SUFFIX)
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3_SOURCE := $(SRCDIR)/$(LIBMODBUS3).$(LIBMODBUS3_SUFFIX)
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3_DIR := $(BUILDDIR)/$(LIBMODBUS3)
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3_LICENSE := LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause
> > >> +LIBMODBUS3_LICENSE_FILES := \
> > >> + file://COPYING.LESSER;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c \
> > >> + file://README.md;startline=17;endline=17;md5=c0937f6beb7c75412b9259e48222e077 \
> > >
> > > I don't think this line adds anything. The source files make the 'or-later'
> > > clear and we don't have anything like this for any other package.
> >
> > Okay, should I add a source file with startline/endline pointing to the
> > SPDX identifier instead?
>
> Yes, I think that's better.
>
> > >
> > >> + file://tests/version.c;startline=4;endline=4;md5=b23faac1da952fa6845fd4fb63a20ffe
> > >
> > > This is not sufficient. For BSD style licenses the copyright line is
> > > relevant and must be added.
> > > And we need the license text which is missing :-/.
> > >
> > > The BSD-3-Clause license states:
> > > "Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
> > > this list of conditions and the following disclaimer."
> > >
> > > The license is in the git repo but not the release tarball :-/. I've
> > > reported this upstream[1].
>
> Hmmm, anyways, this is about the test, and we don't install those anyways,
> so I don't think we need the license here. Opinions?
At least not including it would be consistent with all other packages
in which this was done, so I would opt for it here too.
- Roland
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-28 9:04 Bastian Krause
2020-05-28 9:04 ` [ptxdist] [PATCH v2 2/3] libmodbus3: version bump 3.1.4 -> 3.1.6 Bastian Krause
2020-05-28 9:04 ` [ptxdist] [PATCH v2 3/3] libftdi1: version bump 1.1 -> 1.4 Bastian Krause
2020-05-29 8:44 ` [ptxdist] [PATCH v2 1/3] libmodbus3: correct license Michael Olbrich
2020-05-29 13:06 ` Bastian Krause
2020-06-02 13:28 ` Michael Olbrich
2020-06-04 9:04 ` Roland Hieber [this message]
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