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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF726C4361B for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 21:01:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84654239FD for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 21:01:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729693AbgLHVAp (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2020 16:00:45 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44114 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729343AbgLHVAp (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2020 16:00:45 -0500 Received: from mail-pg1-x536.google.com (mail-pg1-x536.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::536]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E3A8C0613D6 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 13:00:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-pg1-x536.google.com with SMTP id v29so209896pgk.12 for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:00:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=osandov-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=cwW3YgsvDtVRzNj3KuppUzkTSnOFREFUC/UYEEjQ7fI=; b=valfG4XwYrdBXW6tNPMQaxldyYPUbQ9bNDfRbtZhIqH3Kas+n/c6LlL6ErZjrJ6xh9 pvXI4YGvEGoeP4epNyMdIO8fAVMPicqa+E214OYbejhtpQgjweTetUysopEN8pQl0CXo LRHxAj+gBpRYvbkIVR7rPHYJn0MjYN42wAWHM5JHSTlEhpDSp7K2kzfe1GbCBBzAWW2z NsbPy0PdMW6VG1ZscLePbqkvZj1Oel3XxBjyLhtGboCSJkU+4zeYhiA4kleuir8yvSEt 1V2JtVPmPQp4xE5u6IJI+3jSX9UgMwclTRpi2CznIafKACddK4VgsU9KANPztYfsjwNS chuQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=cwW3YgsvDtVRzNj3KuppUzkTSnOFREFUC/UYEEjQ7fI=; b=uMXcrLHZUyqYx8gu6f9a3JtsYhR1+lfxvG+yXR89qIHGUgC3X/NWm7yNvEIE52tDE/ 1rIScjPSiQJzUoOShwf/ZhorqoBdH9MOh1dqbMXg2BE2A2D+V7YwHx3HnpjYHDoXhrUL 0KUYOorJkBQRxEMs+poxhoxAxApjIprOTUwBCYWbQ36LjTjN9Q6CvqIeD7IOD5bCjio2 pEyU7UWSOcXD+B8KPSQsC0tr/Oo6b/zWrIOfs7xJ4lSUcBfvoQS7vO0Gv3Jx9jj/tMAX F2rxW2ZUDDKGBJslGVXi/7GoOeoZHpKZvO3w8FuKMBuAGHwQxOL+eBD6dqnLBv1yaA0f Aj8g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531qZ4GkFy1bFZbmRwqf/5I7D0YVxifddOqBVClFoVvPMubSrPR2 r2kgfMYLQ4VtXXM6/un/zsYtzQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw4aE/wJJSwKSOgwdk9Gu82pnReFbn3gcKUyxkDtqLnYCvIJ7zfG4dNVB0GqPbEIZAqPPf35g== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:bf90:: with SMTP id d16mr6019154pjs.200.1607461204677; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:00:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from relinquished.localdomain ([2620:10d:c090:400::5:c035]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z23sm39903pfn.202.2020.12.08.13.00.02 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:00:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 13:00:01 -0800 From: Omar Sandoval To: Stefano Babic Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, David Sterba Subject: Re: btrfs-progs license Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 10:49:10AM +0100, Stefano Babic wrote: > Hi, > > I hope I am not OT. I ask about license for btrfs-progs and related > libraries. I would like to use libbtrfsutils in a FOSS project, but this > is licensed under GPLv3 (even not LGPL) and it forbids to use it in > projects where secure boot is used. libbtrfsutil is LGPLv3, where did you get the idea that it is GPLv3? > Checking code in btrfs-progs, btrfs is licensed under GPv2 (fine !) and > also libbtrfs. But I read also that libbtrfs is thought to be dropped > from the project. And checking btrfs, this is linked against > libbtrfsutils, making the whole project GPLv3 (and again, not suitable > for many industrial applications in embedded systems). > > Does anybody explain me the conflict in license and if there is a path > for a GPLv2 compliant library ? No objections from me to make it LGPLv2 instead, I suppose. Dave, thoughts?