From: Scott Garman <sgarman@zenlinux.com>
To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: libcdaudio license issue
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:03:11 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CFEAF1F.70606@zenlinux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi==kWiyOrmeUeUVNeC8FT0B8XxruHA0X4qMaPs_@mail.gmail.com>
On 12/06/2010 11:48 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
> I was checking libcdaudio for LICENSE info.
> recipe says GPL
> COPYING file is the GPLv2 one
> README file says:
>
> libcdaudio is distributed under the GNU Library General Public
> License, included in this package under the top level source directory
> in the file COPYING
>
> C files also mention LGPL. but say v2 or later
>
> What to do with this in the LICENSE field? LGPLv2+ ?
Like others I agree with going with what the source files have in them.
Maybe this is obvious, but since I don't think anyone else has mentioned
it, I think it would also be helpful to notify the upstream folks about
this ambiguity so they can correct it.
Regards,
Scott
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Scott Garman
sgarman at zenlinux dot com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-07 22:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-06 19:48 libcdaudio license issue Frans Meulenbroeks
2010-12-06 20:15 ` Maupin, Chase
2010-12-06 20:30 ` [oe] " Denys Dmytriyenko
2010-12-06 20:30 ` Denys Dmytriyenko
2010-12-06 22:50 ` Saul Wold
2010-12-06 22:50 ` [poky] " Saul Wold
2010-12-06 22:52 ` [oe] " Denys Dmytriyenko
2010-12-06 22:52 ` [poky] " Denys Dmytriyenko
2010-12-07 2:38 ` [oe] " Saul Wold
2010-12-07 2:38 ` [poky] " Saul Wold
2010-12-07 9:23 ` [oe] " Frans Meulenbroeks
2010-12-07 9:23 ` [poky] " Frans Meulenbroeks
2010-12-08 23:25 ` Saul Wold
2010-12-09 0:47 ` [oe] " Saul Wold
2010-12-07 22:03 ` Scott Garman [this message]
2010-12-07 22:31 ` Frans Meulenbroeks
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