Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-21 Thread Frans Meulenbroeks
2010/10/20 Denys Dmytriyenko de...@denix.org: . GPLv2 and GPLv3 are not compatible. Thus, there cannot be a derivative work that combines those two. But if one piece of code is GPLv2+ and another is GPLv3, the resulting combination is licensed under GPLv3. So, it's always good to know which

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Denys Dmytriyenko
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 08:53:41PM +0200, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: 2010/10/11 Maupin, Chase chase.mau...@ti.com: [...] -LICENSE = GPLv2 +LICENSE = GPLv2+ Doe we want this? I think most GPLv2 code carries the clause: This program is free software; you can redistribute it

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Maupin, Chase
] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 02:53:59PM -0500, Maupin, Chase wrote: I'm not sure if it is a policy. Haven't seen it being pulished as such. Having said that, I have no problems with it (although there is no problem with enforcing patents or so

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Denys Dmytriyenko
To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 02:53:59PM -0500, Maupin, Chase wrote: I'm not sure if it is a policy. Haven't seen it being pulished as such. Having said that, I have

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Maupin, Chase
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:16 PM To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 02:53:59PM -0500, Maupin, Chase wrote: I'm not sure if it is a policy. Haven't seen it being

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 10/20/2010 08:25 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: In OE we've been using this term for some time now. Although, still too many old recipes use old notations, sometimes even as generic as just plain GPL w/o specifying the exact version. It wasn't as critical before, but these days OE is

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Andreas Oberritter
: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:16 PM To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 02:53:59PM -0500, Maupin, Chase wrote: I'm not sure if it is a policy. Haven't seen it being pulished

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Denys Dmytriyenko
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 08:49:35PM +0200, Andreas Oberritter wrote: On 10/20/2010 08:25 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: In OE we've been using this term for some time now. Although, still too many old recipes use old notations, sometimes even as generic as just plain GPL w/o specifying

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Denys Dmytriyenko
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 08:57:01PM +0200, Andreas Oberritter wrote: On 10/20/2010 08:37 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 01:27:54PM -0500, Maupin, Chase wrote: Chase, Does it say what kind of exception it is? If it has a name, it's better to specify it. For

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-20 Thread Maupin, Chase
] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 08:57:01PM +0200, Andreas Oberritter wrote: On 10/20/2010 08:37 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 01:27:54PM -0500, Maupin, Chase wrote: Chase, Does it say what kind of exception it is? If it has

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-15 Thread Maupin, Chase
ping -Original Message- From: Chase Maupin [mailto:chasemaupi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 10:58 AM To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Cc: Maupin, Chase Subject: [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields * While verifying the licensing for

[oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-11 Thread Chase Maupin
* While verifying the licensing for the packages I am building into my file system I found that for some packages the LICENSE value set in the recipe was either incorrect or generic and not detailed enough. This patch is my attempt to update the LICENSE fields for these packages to match

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-11 Thread Frans Meulenbroeks
2010/10/11 Chase Maupin chasemaupi...@gmail.com: * While verifying the licensing for the packages I am building  into my file system I found that for some packages the  LICENSE value set in the recipe was either incorrect or  generic and not detailed enough.  This patch is my attempt  to

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-11 Thread Maupin, Chase
] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields 2010/10/11 Chase Maupin chasemaupi...@gmail.com: * While verifying the licensing for the packages I am building  into my file system I found that for some packages the  LICENSE value set in the recipe was either incorrect or  generic

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-11 Thread Koen Kooi
12:41 PM To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields 2010/10/11 Chase Maupin chasemaupi...@gmail.com: * While verifying the licensing for the packages I am building into my file system I found that for some packages

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-11 Thread Frans Meulenbroeks
@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields 2010/10/11 Chase Maupin chasemaupi...@gmail.com: * While verifying the licensing for the packages I am building  into my file system I found that for some packages the  LICENSE value set in the recipe

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-11 Thread Frans Meulenbroeks
Of Frans Meulenbroeks Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 12:41 PM To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields 2010/10/11 Chase Maupin chasemaupi...@gmail.com: * While verifying the licensing for the packages I am building

Re: [oe] [PATCHv2] recipe licenses: update recipe LICENSE fields

2010-10-11 Thread Maupin, Chase
I'm not sure if it is a policy. Haven't seen it being pulished as such. Having said that, I have no problems with it (although there is no problem with enforcing patents or so for v2+ , as that still falls under the v2 umbrella). I guess most of our recipes that say GPLv2 are wrong and