[Buildroot] License for patches

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 13:38:21 Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2011-08-24, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:14:28 Grant Edwards wrote:
> >> On 2011-08-24, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:25:20 Lars Reemts wrote:
> >>>> Which license is relevant for the package specific patches
> >>>> distributed by buildroot? Formally it must be the GPL.
> >>> 
> >>> says who?  i dont see the logic here.
> >> 
> >> According to http://buildroot.uclibc.org/:
> >>   Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches [....]
> >>   
> >>   Buildroot is [...] licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V2
> >>   (Or later).
> >> 
> >> Seems pretty clear to me: the patches are under the GPL.
> > 
> > pretty sure that wasnt generally the intention.
> 
> Possibly not, but I don't see any other reasonable interpretation of
> the statement on the web page. There doesn't seem to be anything in
> the buildroot tarball to indicate any licensing other than GPL v2 (a
> copy of which is included in the tarball).

send a patch so Peter can merge it ;)
-mike
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