Re: [PATCH] elfutils: update LICENSE to include GPLv2 for shared libraries

[<Mikko.Rapeli@bmw.de>]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 10:40:43AM +0000, openembedded-core-bounces@lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 12:48:40PM +0300, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> > NEWS file in the sources says this about switch from GPLv2 to
> > GPLv3 license:
> > 
> > https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;h=5a06047f255e3c9a63828953759fd18a4ba9a3f3;hb=HEAD#l362
> > 
> >  362 The license is now GPLv2/LGPLv3+ for the libraries and GPLv3+ for stand-alone
> >  363 programs. There is now also a formal CONTRIBUTING document describing how to
> >  364 submit patches.
> > 
> > libasm, libdw and libelf are thus covered optionally by GPLv2 license.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@bmw.de>
> > ---
> >  meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb | 14 +++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb
> > index b0b9ddc..6d1279a 100644
> > --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb
> > +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb
> > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> >  SUMMARY = "Utilities and libraries for handling compiled object files"
> >  HOMEPAGE = "https://sourceware.org/elfutils"
> >  SECTION = "base"
> > -LICENSE = "(GPLv3 & Elfutils-Exception)"
> > +LICENSE = "(GPLv2 & LGPLv3+ & GPLv3+ & Elfutils-Exception)"
> 
> Can anyone find the Elfutils-Exception in current 0.175 or sumo 0.170 sources?
> 
> Debian is also listing libraries with GPLv2+ | LGPLv3+ and executables
> with GPLv3+ in
> 
> https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/e/elfutils/copyright-0.176-1
> 
> Should I also drop the Elfutils-Exception?

I will send a new version which drops Elfutils-Exception since it no longer
exists after tag elfutils-0.154 and commit:

commit de2ed97f33139af5c7a0811e4ec66fc896a13cf2
Author: Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 5 17:15:16 2012 +0200

    Update name, license and contributor policy.
    
    * Change name from "Red Hat elfutils" to "elfutils".
    * Update license of standalone tools and test from GPLv2 to GPLv3+.
    * Change license of libraries from GPLv2+exception to GPLv2/LGPLv3+.
    * Add Developer Certificate of Origin based contributor policy.
    
    top-level:
    
    - COPYING: Upgraded from GPLv2 to GPLv3.
    - CONTRIBUTING, COPYING-GPLv2, COPYING-LGPLv3: New files.
    - NEWS: Added note about new contribution and license policy.
    - Makefile.am: Updated to GPLv3, added new files to EXTRA_DIST.
    - configure.ac: Update to GPLv3, changed AC_INIT name to 'elfutils'.
    
    backends, lib, libasm, libcpu, libdw, libdwfl, libebl, libelf:
    
    - All files updated to GPLv2/LGPLv3+. Except some very small files
      (<5 lines) which didn't have any headers at all before, the linker
      .maps files and the libcpu/defs files which only contain data and
      libelf/elf.h which comes from glibc and is under LGPLv2+.
    
    config:
    
    - elfutils.spec.in: Add new License: headers and new %doc files.
    - Update all license headers to GPLv2/LGPLv3+ for files used by libs.
    
    src, tests:
    
    - All files updated to GPLv3+. Except for the test bz2 data files, the
      linker maps and script files and some very small files (<5 lines)
      that don't have any headers.
    
    Signed-off-by: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>

-Mikko