2015-08-31 18:10 GMT+02:00 Bill Meier <wme...@newsguy.com>: > On 8/31/2015 4:24 AM, Pascal Quantin wrote: > >> > May be directly move to GeoIP 2 ? >> > https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10658 >> > >> > >> > >> > I think the code is available from here: >> > >> > https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb >> >> Hi all, >> >> I propose to do it in 2 steps as changing the library is more work than >> upgrading the current one: >> - first recompile version 1.6.6 and see if it solves the build issue >> with MSVC2015 (I'm gonna cross compile it as I have the environment). I >> will send an email once it is ready for testing (as I did for Lua). >> - then eventually change the library (and keep backward compatibility >> with the older one?). >> >> > > According to https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb, the license is > Apache V2. > > > From: http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html > > "Despite our best efforts, the FSF has never considered the Apache License > to be compatible with GPL version 2, citing the patent termination and > indemnification provisions as restrictions not present in the older GPL > license. The Apache Software Foundation believes that you should always try > to obey the constraints expressed by the copyright holder when > redistributing their work." > > So: It would seem that doing an upgrade to use libmaxminddb may not be OK. > > (I did the license chack after noticing that the Fedora22 repository does > not contain libmaxminddb). > > Interesting... You should definitely put this in bug 10658.
Pascal.
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