On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.bur...@intel.com> wrote: > On 7 July 2015 at 21:09, akuster808 <akuster...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> which recipe? 2.7.1 / 3.1 or both? >> >> - armin >> ( sucks at this licensing stuff) > > > So: 2.7.1 is "LGPL" (v2). > > 3.1.1 is GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+. > > An "interesting" choice to say the least. Because the v2 bit is not L, I'm > wondering if we will need to keep both versions. But a 3.1.1 recipe with > GPLv2+ *or* LGPLv3+ would be a good start.
I'd vote YES to keeping the LGPLv2 version available. GPL libraries are normally off limits for closed source apps, so the new licensing options would be a problem for anyone with a proprietary application using nettle in a distro which can't use [L]GPLv3. (I'm in that category...). > Ross > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core > -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
