Hi, Richard > Why? The license file didn't change. This needs an explanation.
1. For base-passwd, I think that it's gpl-2.0-only since it is declared as "gpl-2" in debian/copyright, not "gpl-2 or later" License: GPL-2 On Debian and Debian-based systems, a copy of the GNU General Public License version 2 is available in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2. 2.GPLv2 constant: > 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions > of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will > be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to > address new problems or concerns. > > Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program > specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any > later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions > either of that version or of any later version published by the Free > Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of > this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software > Foundation. The license would be GPLv2+, only when license name is "gpl-2 or later". 3. The bb file of libcomps contains the following contents: LICENSE = "GPLv2" The "COPYING“ file from libcomps and base-passwd are the same, So it seems that the package LICENSE fields of the same copyright declaration are not unified. By wangmy -----Original Message----- From: Richard Purdie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 3:10 PM To: Wang, Mingyu/王 鸣瑜 <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] base-passwd: LICENSE changed to GPLv2 On Fri, 2020-03-13 at 04:11 -0700, Wang Mingyu wrote: > Signed-off-by: Wang Mingyu <[email protected]> > --- > meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb > b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb > index d1aab09181..d01cd7e297 100644 > --- a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb > +++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > SUMMARY = "Base system master password/group files" > DESCRIPTION = "The master copies of the user database files > (/etc/passwd and /etc/group). The update-passwd tool is also provided > to keep the system databases synchronized with these master files." > SECTION = "base" > -LICENSE = "GPLv2+" > +LICENSE = "GPLv2" > LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = > "file://COPYING;md5=eb723b61539feef013de476e68b5c50a" Why? The license file didn't change. This needs an explanation. Cheers, Richard -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
