From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.windriver.com ([147.11.1.11]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TeTlO-0008Dv-GJ for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:48:32 +0100 Received: from ALA-HCA.corp.ad.wrs.com (ala-hca.corp.ad.wrs.com [147.11.189.40]) by mail.windriver.com (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id qAUGYC32005308 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:34:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from yow-jmacdona-d1.ottawa.wrs.com (128.224.146.66) by ALA-HCA.corp.ad.wrs.com (147.11.189.50) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.318.4; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:34:12 -0800 Received: from yow-jmacdona-d2.wrs.com (yow-jmacdona-d2.wrs.com [128.224.146.166]) by yow-jmacdona-d1.ottawa.wrs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765FD7FE2; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:33:21 -0500 (EST) Received: by yow-jmacdona-d2.wrs.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4590E6A7EA7; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:34:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:34:11 -0500 From: Joe MacDonald To: Mark Hatle Message-ID: <20121130163410.GP6912@windriver.com> References: <50B8DC5A.7050203@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <50B8DC5A.7050203@windriver.com> X-URL: http://github.com/joeythesaint/joe-s-common-environment/tree/master X-Configuration: git://github.com/joeythesaint/joe-s-common-environment.git X-Editor: Vim-703 http://www.vim.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: netperf in meta-networking 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: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:48:32 -0000 X-Groupsio-MsgNum: 41828 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jXoUnAu9pZeaHebo" Content-Disposition: inline --jXoUnAu9pZeaHebo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [netperf in meta-networking] On 12.11.30 (Fri 10:18) Mark Hatle wrote: > I was helping someone with building netperf from meta-networking > last night, and stumbled on what I think is a bug. >=20 > SUMMARY =3D "A networking benchmarking tool" > DESCRIPTION =3D "Network performance benchmark including tests for > TCP, UDP, sockets, ATM and more." > SECTION =3D "console/network" > HOMEPAGE =3D "http://www.netperf.org/" > LICENSE =3D "netperf" > LICENSE_FLAGS =3D "commercial" >=20 > In the above, the LICENSE_FLAGS are set to 'commercial'. I think > this is incorrect. It should be set to 'non-commercial'. >=20 > There is a subtle difference between them which is why I think it's a bug= =2E.. >=20 > commercial -- there are some commercial requirements necessary to > use this recipe in a commercial device... you are responsible for > understanding them and doing whatever is necessary... (for > non-commercial devices you can likely use it...) >=20 > non-commercial -- this item is restricted to non-commercial users > only. As in the case of netperf, the license says it's only for > non-commercial use. >=20 > So anyway, my suggestion is to simply change the value of the flag. Ugh. I had a quick look around and the first thing I found was this: http://www.netperf.org/svn/netperf4/trunk/include/netperf.h So I had a look at the netperf source tree fetched by bitbake during a build. The COPYING file says this: The enclosed software and documentation includes copyrighted works of Hewlett-Packard Co. For as long as you comply with the following limitations, you are hereby authorized to (i) use, reproduce, and modify the software and documentation, and to (ii) distribute the software and documentation, including modifications, for non-commercial purposes only. So I'm inclined to agree, this sounds like the definition of non-commercial above to me. --=20 -Joe MacDonald. :wq --jXoUnAu9pZeaHebo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlC44AIACgkQPN8S4W6ZZncroACfdSUnRgSRGuVWfQRWqLe3tFTj GzsAn3t/lokAsMg1RzMR8QOtDIcuE1Ev =QV3G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jXoUnAu9pZeaHebo--