From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73BDDC636CC for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:53:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1675180414; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=bsQt2nzQMBFRv45FOHQlERJJr9Kfd6wEIT5+p05HUE8=; b=KUJh3OJAtIUd+/skUuP0XdIs4gY0H0D+aiTQIvaCWBlJV7WkL97MMwnHhUkOwBLpQgiZdJ RMWAgHDnA9rp1yWXq0T+BboeuxmjgYXjtdUNCUhtNVuI1z28CByX6vDpmUyYVanFU8MK5L u1gBafdWTZ06Q9JgtsHsqppHyK4a5bQ= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-81-j3PyN0WNPGefKirqJ6dYjQ-1; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:53:31 -0500 X-MC-Unique: j3PyN0WNPGefKirqJ6dYjQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 09E8E10395CC; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (unknown [10.30.29.100]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9714F2026D4B; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 735E41946589; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.5]) by mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 452351946587 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 26404175A2; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from x2.localnet (unknown [10.22.17.134]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C91A9422F2; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:53:26 +0000 (UTC) From: Steve Grubb To: linux-audit@redhat.com Subject: Re: audit library license Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:53:26 -0500 Message-ID: <4782066.GXAFRqVoOG@x2> Organization: Red Hat In-Reply-To: <1814878736.609807.1675126520174.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.co.jp> References: <1814878736.609807.1675126520174.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.co.jp> <1814878736.609807.1675126520174.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.co.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.5 X-BeenThere: linux-audit@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux Audit Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: hiroaki.fuse@ymail.ne.jp Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Sender: "Linux-audit" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.4 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, On Monday, January 30, 2023 7:55:20 PM EST hiroaki.fuse@ymail.ne.jp wrote: > Dear All members, > > We can find following lines in audit/README file > > LICENSE > ======= > The audit daemon is released as GPL'd code. The audit daemon's libraries > libaudit.* and libauparse.* are released under LGPL so that it may be > linked with 3rd party software. > > I found that latest audit library linked libaucommon.so. > > ./lib/Makefile.in:AM_CPPFLAGS = -I. -I${top_srcdir} -I${top_srcdir}/auparse > -I${top_srcdir}/common ./lib/Makefile.in:libaudit_la_LIBADD = > $(CAPNG_LDADD) ${top_builddir}/common/libaucommon.la > ./lib/Makefile.in:libaudit_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(libaudit_la_SOURCES) > ../config.h ${top_builddir}/common/libaucommon.la > > ./auparse/Makefile.am:AM_CPPFLAGS = -I. -I${top_srcdir} -I${top_srcdir}/src > -I${top_srcdir}/lib -I${top_srcdir}/common > ./auparse/Makefile.am:libauparse_la_LIBADD = > ${top_builddir}/lib/libaudit.la ${top_builddir}/common/libaucommon.la > ./auparse/Makefile.am:libauparse_la_DEPENDENCIES = > $(libauparse_la_SOURCES) ${top_builddir}/config.h > ${top_builddir}/common/libaucommon.la > > Libaucommo.so is created by following files > > ./common/Makefile.am:libaucommon_la_SOURCES = audit-fgets.c strsplit.c > > And the license of audit/common/audit-fgets.c is GPLv2 > > This mean the license of latest audit libraries are also GPLv2. > > Is my understanding correct? The intention stated in the README file is correct. The code in question is only used by 3 plugins which are GPL and those functions are hidden from external users of libaudit. The code can be relicenced to make it LGPL so everything matches the intentions. -Steve -- Linux-audit mailing list Linux-audit@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit