From: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] Support for out-of-tree Buildroot customization
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:56:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52375455.7010602@mind.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130914221613.GA3444@free.fr>
On 15/09/13 00:16, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Arnout, All,
>
> Once again, I am not a lawyer, and the below is not legal advice.
> Anyone sane would consult a lawyer for a definitive legal counsel.
[snip]
I'm not going to quote the entire mail, but I agree with Yann's analysis.
[snip]
>> After thinking about it this much, it looks like the buildroot license is a
>> lot more lenient than I first thought. But of course, I don't really now.
>
> I don't believe you could call the GPLv2 'lenient'. In fact I would call
> it anything but lenient: anything that is a derived work of Buildroot is
> covered by its license.
>
> Note: the target rootfs is *not* a derived work of Buildroot.
With "lenient" I mean that, even though the GPL forces you to make the
buildroot source available if you use it to build a GPL'ed program, there
is in fact nothing compelling you to make the _complete_ buildroot source
(and .config) available - as long as it produces the same GPL'ed program.
My intuitive assumption, without thinking about it, was that if you are
compelled to make the buildroot source available, that also means that
you're compelled to make your modifications (e.g. additional proprietary
packages) available. However, our analysis in this thread seems to
indicate that it doesn't. That's why I said it is more lenient than I
thought.
Regards,
Arnout
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Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-08 13:15 [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] Support for out-of-tree Buildroot customization Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-08 13:15 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] Makefile: factorize *config dependencies Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-11 2:06 ` rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com
2013-09-11 17:39 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-08 13:15 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] Add support for BR2_EXTERNAL Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-11 2:03 ` rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com
2013-09-11 17:03 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-11 17:12 ` Ryan Barnett
2013-09-12 21:05 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-12 21:30 ` Ryan Barnett
2013-09-12 21:41 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-12 21:51 ` Ryan Barnett
2013-09-12 21:57 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-12 22:11 ` Ryan Barnett
2013-09-13 20:56 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-14 5:29 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-11 2:07 ` rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com
2013-09-12 21:04 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-13 3:48 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-13 6:43 ` Tzu-Jung Lee
2013-09-13 7:10 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-13 7:47 ` Tzu-Jung Lee
[not found] ` <CAC2S8kiHUwNFprvvYd85UEGjDJhEX0Jgtb4e7Pd1vwwFGF7m_w@mail.gmail.com>
2013-09-12 21:53 ` [Buildroot] Fwd: " Ryan Barnett
2013-09-08 13:15 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] docs/manual: add explanations about BR2_EXTERNAL Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-11 2:09 ` rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com
2013-09-12 21:46 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-13 6:53 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-11 1:32 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] Support for out-of-tree Buildroot customization rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com
2013-09-11 7:17 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-11 15:55 ` Ryan Barnett
2013-09-11 17:27 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-12 7:54 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-09-12 18:21 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-12 18:25 ` ANDY KENNEDY
2013-09-12 18:33 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-12 18:44 ` ANDY KENNEDY
2013-09-12 22:04 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-12 22:12 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-13 21:50 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-14 22:16 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-16 15:43 ` ANDY KENNEDY
2013-09-16 17:30 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-16 18:26 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-16 18:58 ` ANDY KENNEDY
2013-09-16 16:21 ` [Buildroot] Is GPLv2 the right license for Buildroot? Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-16 17:08 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-16 17:45 ` ANDY KENNEDY
2013-09-16 18:01 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-16 18:16 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-16 21:17 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-09-18 1:50 ` Jason Rennie
2013-09-18 7:22 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-09-18 22:09 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-19 0:25 ` Jason Rennie
2013-09-19 17:54 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-16 17:58 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-16 18:15 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-16 18:24 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-16 18:56 ` ANDY KENNEDY
2013-09-16 20:04 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-17 4:17 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-16 19:50 ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-16 20:15 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-18 1:52 ` Jason Rennie
2013-09-16 19:53 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-09-16 21:13 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-09-16 21:12 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-09-17 4:44 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-17 14:53 ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-17 15:17 ` Jeremy Rosen
2013-09-17 15:22 ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-17 15:29 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-09-16 18:56 ` Arnout Vandecappelle [this message]
2013-09-12 22:07 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] Support for out-of-tree Buildroot customization Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-12 22:28 ` ANDY KENNEDY
2013-09-12 22:47 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-15 13:18 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-09-12 21:51 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-13 7:35 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-09-13 15:55 ` Ryan Barnett
2013-09-12 21:50 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-12 18:18 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-09-12 22:24 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-11 5:00 ` Baruch Siach
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