Re: [systemd-devel] Systemd license vs. libcryptsetup license

2017-06-08 Thread Krzysztof Jackiewicz
> I interpret them as FSF wanting to drum up the importance of GPL a bit by > purposefully not clarifying this area. The case of linking non-GPL software with > GPL libraries is quite common and important, and if they wanted to add an entry > to the FAQ, they certainly would. They talk a lot about

Re: [systemd-devel] Systemd license vs. libcryptsetup license

2017-06-08 Thread Krzysztof Jackiewicz
> You need to consult a lawyer to get a definitive answer for this, please don't > ask developers for legal advice :) Yeah, it seems so :) Initially I thought that the answer is more obvious. ___ systemd-devel mailing list

Re: [systemd-devel] Systemd license vs. libcryptsetup license

2017-06-08 Thread Krzysztof Jackiewicz
> No, that makes no sense. It'd mean that putting two zip files that one > provides > and the other uses a function with the same name next to one another would > make them somehow connected and derivatives of one another. The whole > point of dynamic linking is that you can provide independent

Re: [systemd-devel] Systemd license vs. libcryptsetup license

2017-06-07 Thread Krzysztof Jackiewicz
Thanks, for explanation. > - a collection of rpms, like a linux distro, including systemd.rpm, > libcryptsetup.rpm, and thousands of other loosely coupled rpms > → that's a mere aggregation, each of the thousands of components carries > it's own license, each has to be satisfied separately

Re: [systemd-devel] Systemd license vs. libcryptsetup license

2017-06-07 Thread Krzysztof Jackiewicz
> Not sure what "release product under GPL" is supposed to mean. The combined work would have to be licensed under GPL according to: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPL I think that it means that the code has to be

Re: [systemd-devel] Systemd license vs. libcryptsetup license

2017-06-07 Thread Krzysztof Jackiewicz
.pl] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 5:00 PM To: Krzysztof Jackiewicz Cc: systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] Systemd license vs. libcryptsetup license On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 04:33:11PM +0200, Krzysztof Jackiewicz wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that when sy

[systemd-devel] Systemd license vs. libcryptsetup license

2017-06-06 Thread Krzysztof Jackiewicz
Hi, I noticed that when systemd is configured with libcryptsetup option enabled it will link to libcryptsetup which is distributed under GPL 2.0. It seems like a license conflict to me. Can anyone explain it? Thanks in advance. Krzy ___ systemd-devel