On Sat, 2020-03-14 at 04:49 +0000, Wang, Mingyu wrote: > Hi, > Richard > > > Why? The license file didn't change. This needs an explanation. > > 1. For base-passwd, I think that it's gpl-2.0-only since it is > declared as "gpl-2" in debian/copyright, not "gpl-2 or later" > > License: GPL-2 > On Debian and Debian-based systems, a copy of the GNU General Public > License version 2 is available in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2. > > 2.GPLv2 constant: > > 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new > > versions > > of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions > > will > > be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in > > detail to > > address new problems or concerns. > > > > Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the > > Program > > specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and > > "any > > later version", you have the option of following the terms and > > conditions > > either of that version or of any later version published by the > > Free > > Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version > > number of > > this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free > > Software > > Foundation. > The license would be GPLv2+, only when license name is "gpl-2 or > later". > > 3. The bb file of libcomps contains the following contents: > LICENSE = "GPLv2" > The "COPYING“ file from libcomps and base-passwd are the same, > So it seems that the package LICENSE fields of the same copyright > declaration are not unified.
Thanks. Can you resend this patch with an explanation in the commit message please? It can just be something like: "The source code such as update-passwd.c states the license to be under GPL v2 only and does not contain the "or later" clause so correct the recipe LICENSE field to match". Cheers, Richard -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
