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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:14:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Buildroot] License for patches
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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.

The question is what happens when you combine GPL'd source (the
patches) with original source that's not under GPL.  It seems like a
very legitimate question.

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