On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 5:22 PM Thomas Jarosch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Yegor, > > You wrote on Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 02:09:24PM +0200: > > > > some files in libftdi mention additional licenses: src/ftdi_stream.c > > > > (MIT), cmake/UseLibFTDI1.cmake (LGPL 2.1) etc. > > > > > > > > Could you reflect all this in the LICENSE file like dropbear does [1]? > > > > > > > > It would be also great if the project can provide a file containing > > > > all copyright information that is needed for a FOSS compliance > > > > (attribution). > > > > > > > > Have you already used such tools as FOSSology [2] or scancode [3]? > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/LICENSE > > > > [2] https://www.fossology.org/ > > > > [3] https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit > > > > > > See our discussion on the BR mailing list: > > > http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2019-May/251173.html > > > > > > FYI: https://spdx.org/ids-how > > > > FYI: I have found this really interesting paper about license > > compliance for FOSS projects [1]. In the light of [2] FOSS compliance > > is getting more and more important. And for now it means a lot of > > manual work :-( > > > > [1] > > https://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/2018/03/license-scanning-compliance-programs-foss-projects/ > > [2] > > https://opensource.com/article/17/8/patrick-mchardy-and-copyright-profiteering > > thanks for the links! This is something that needs addressing in the long run, > so far I still have "putting out a new release at all" on my TODO list ^^ > > I didn't use any of the mentioned tools myself yet. > > Is this something you care about right now and want to work on? > Or should I just add it to the TODO list?
It is interesting for the future. I'll try to contribute too. > Regarding license compliance: I recently tried to get the linux kernel > source code for my Pocketbook ebook reader, it was a PITA. > You can sometimes be lucky if vendors release source code at all. I think it depends on the country this device is sold as also whether you want to take legal steps :-) Yegor -- libftdi - see http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi for details. To unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
