From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P8dxW-0001mk-1d for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:04:22 +0200 Received: from gandalf.denix.org ([unknown] [71.255.228.135]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LAL00LZMRLRD77A@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:03:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: by gandalf.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B1D2614AF64; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:03:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:03:26 -0400 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-id: <20101020190326.GR11514@denix.org> References: <1286812675-31626-1-git-send-email-chase.maupin@ti.com> <131E5DFBE7373E4C8D813795A6AA7F080310FFA2BC@dlee06.ent.ti.com> <131E5DFBE7373E4C8D813795A6AA7F080310FFA314@dlee06.ent.ti.com> <20101020181558.GN11514@denix.org> <131E5DFBE7373E4C8D813795A6AA7F0803110B3388@dlee06.ent.ti.com> <20101020183704.GP11514@denix.org> <4CBF3B7D.3010904@opendreambox.org> MIME-version: 1.0 In-reply-to: <4CBF3B7D.3010904@opendreambox.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 206.46.173.3 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: denis@denix.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:04:22 -0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 08:57:01PM +0200, Andreas Oberritter wrote: > On 10/20/2010 08:37 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 01:27:54PM -0500, Maupin, Chase wrote: > >>> Chase, > >>> > >>> Does it say what kind of exception it is? If it has a name, it's better to > >>> specify it. For libgcc/libstdc++ I ended up specifying "GPLv3 with GCC > >>> RLE", > >>> which stands for GCC Runtime Library Exception: > >> > >> Denys, > >> > >> The COPYING.EXCEPTION file has the title "AUTOCONF CONFIGURE SCRIPT > >> EXCEPTION". Would you like this changed to "GPLv3 with Autoconf CSE"? > > > > Chase, > > > > Either "GPLv3 with Autoconf CSE" or even "GPLv3 with Autoconf Configure > > Script Exception"... I'm not sure CSE is as common as RLE - here's the > > list of current GNU exceptions: > > GCC and Autoconf both being GNU projects, their license is probably not > GPLv3, but GPLv3+ (with some exception), in the discussed notation. ;-) Interesting point! We should try to be future-proof with GPLv3+ too :) Although I haven't seen anyone using it this way, as it's not relevant yet. -- Denys