Re: [ima-evm-utils: PATCH v2 1/1] Change license to LGPL-2.0-or-later and GPL-2.0-or-later

[Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>]

> On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 05:07:24PM +0200, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> > Currently libimaevm provided by this project is used by the tool evmctl,
> > which is also provided by this project.

> > An issue was reported about using libimaevm with other software. Its
> > GPL2-only license makes it incompatible to use with other licenses, in
> > particular GPL3-only.

> > To address this issue, change the project license to GPL-2.0-or-later
> > and libimaevm to LGPL 2.0 or later.

> > This patch includes all acks received so far.

> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com>
> > Acked-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@huawei.com>
> > Acked-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> > Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
> > Acked-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
> > Acked-by: Vitaly Chikunov <vt@altlinux.org>
> > Acked-by: Ken Goldman <kgold@linux.ibm.com>
> > Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
> > Acked-by: Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com>
> > Acked-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
> > Acked-by: George Wilson <gcwilson@linux.ibm.com>
> > Acked-by: Tergel Myanganbayar <tergelmyanganbayar2024@u.northwestern.edu>
> > Acked-by: André Draszik <git@andred.net>
> > Acked-by: Frank Sorenson <sorenson@redhat.com>
> > Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
> > Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>

> Acked-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>

> I misread this and thought you were just trying to change the license of the
> library, in which case you wouldn't need my ack.  It's worth emphasizing in the
> subject line and first paragraph that you're trying to change the whole
> project's license.

+1

Kind regards,
Petr

> - Eric