[elbe-devel] [PATCH] d/copyright: Fix a GPL license issue

[Bastian Germann]

Am 05.09.19 um 12:52 schrieb Torben Hohn:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 10:55:01AM +0200, bage at linutronix.de wrote:
>> From: Bastian Germann <bage at linutronix.de>
>>
>> toolchain-shar-extract.sh.mako appears to be licensed as GPLv2 only in
>> debian/copyright. Elbe cannot use GPLv2 only source because it is
>> GPLv3 or later. Fortunately, the file is available under MIT as well,
>> which is already mentioned in the file itself. So use it under MIT.
> 
> its not true, that this file is MIT licensed.
> 
> this is the root LICENSE file of that repo:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Different components of OpenEmbedded are under different licenses (a mix
> of MIT and GPLv2). Please see:
> 
> meta/COPYING.GPLv2 (GPLv2)
> meta/COPYING.MIT (MIT)
> meta-selftest/COPYING.MIT (MIT)
> meta-skeleton/COPYING.MIT (MIT)
> 
> All metadata is MIT licensed unless otherwise stated. Source code
> included in tree for individual recipes is under the LICENSE stated in
> the associated recipe (.bb file) unless otherwise stated.
> 
> License information for any other files is either explicitly stated 
> or defaults to GPL version 2.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> since the license is not explicitly stated, it defaults to GPLv2.

You are right. We should remove this misleading comment from the file:

## The 'meta' folder of the origin repo contains a
## COPYING.GPLv2 and COPYING.MIT file.

> i am not sure, why the generated script can not be GPLv2.
> but IANAL

Most probably Elbe is not a derivative work of that script, but rather
they are a collective work, so my initial claim should be false.

I do not know what Elbe modifying that file means for the resulting work
(that is created by Elbe). Is that in compliance with GPLv2 (especially
§2.a) by default?

"You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating
that you changed the files and the date of any change."

> CCing tglx.
> 
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann <bage at linutronix.de>
>> ---
>>  debian/copyright | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
>>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
>> index 839d360d..194b92f0 100644
>> --- a/debian/copyright
>> +++ b/debian/copyright
>> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Copyright: Aníbal Limón <anibal.limon at linux.intel.com>
>>             Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com>
>>             Todor Minchev <todor.minchev at linux.intel.com>
>>             Wenlin Kang <wenlin.kang at windriver.com>
>> -License: GPL-2
>> +License: MIT
>>  
>>  Files: *
>>  Copyright: (c) 2013, Torben Hohn, Linutronix GmbH, Manuel Traut, Linutronix GmbH
>> @@ -25,8 +25,23 @@ License: GPL-3+
>>   License version 3+ can be found in the file
>>   `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
>>  
>> -License: GPL-2
>> - SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>> - On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public
>> - License version 2 can be found in the file
>> - `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
>> +License: MIT
>> + SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
>> + .
>> + Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
>> + of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
>> + in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
>> + to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
>> + copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
>> + furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
>> + .
>> + The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
>> + all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
>> + .
>> + THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
>> + IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
>> + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
>> + AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
>> + LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
>> + OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
>> + THE SOFTWARE.
>> -- 
>> 2.20.1
>>
>>
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