[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/6] sg3_utils: new package

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 07/01/13 22:56, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Thomas, Belisko, All,
>
> On Monday 07 January 2013 Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 22:45:50 +0100, Belisko Marek wrote:
>>>> You should be work specific than just BSD and GPL. Like BSD-3c or
>>>> BSD-4c, GPLv2, GPLv2+, GPLv3, GPLv3+, etc.
>>> After proper reading of COPYING file it seems it GPLv2+
>>> "Some of the older utilities are covered by the GPL. More precisely:
>>> You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the
>>> GNU General Public License either version 2, or (at your option)
>>> any later version." but in same file there is no mention about BSD
>>> license version.
>>
>> There is a BSD_LICENSE file that contains a BSD three clause license,
>
> Actually, what matters in the content of the source files. Do some of
> them refer to either license?
>    - if the files only refer to GPLv2+, then the BSD-3c does not apply,
>    - if the files only refer to BSD-3c, then the GPLv2+ does not apply,
>    - if some file refer to one or two of the licenses, then both apply.

      - if all files refer to GPLv2+ and BSD-3c, then either applies.

Putting GPLv2+ BSD-3c implies that parts are GPLv2+, other parts and 
BSD-3c. But it's also possible (and likely) that either applies.  BTW, 
it's not possible that both apply because they have conflicting terms.

  Regards,
  Arnout

>
> (/me likes how he managed to line up the above! ;-) )
>
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
>


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