On Mon, 6 May 2024, 13:09 nikhil via lists.openembedded.org, <nikhilar2410= gmail....@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
> Update LICENSE defined for xz packages to match the license > information provided in the xz COPYING file. > > The License information from PACKAGERS file of xz mentions > packages with lzma files are in public domain.They ask to > use GPLv2+, if only it's not possible to mention "PD and GPLv2+". > > Include PD license with GPLv2 to packages with lzma content: > xz-dev package contains lzma header > xz-doc package contains lzma man pages > xz packages contains lzma binaries > > Links: https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/blob/v5.2.6/COPYING > https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/blob/v5.4.1/PACKAGERS > > Signed-off-by: Bhabu Bindu <bindudaniel1...@gmail.com> > --- > meta/recipes-extended/xz/xz_5.2.6.bb | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/xz/xz_5.2.6.bb > b/meta/recipes-extended/xz/xz_5.2.6.bb > index 3482622471..33496748bc 100644 > --- a/meta/recipes-extended/xz/xz_5.2.6.bb > +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/xz/xz_5.2.6.bb > @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ SECTION = "base" > # libgnu, which appears to be used for DOS builds. So we're left with > # GPL-2.0-or-later and PD. > LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later & GPL-3.0-with-autoconf-exception & > LGPL-2.1-or-later & PD" > -LICENSE:${PN} = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > -LICENSE:${PN}-dev = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN} = "PD & GPL-2.0-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN}-dev = "PD & GPL-2.0-or-later" > LICENSE:${PN}-staticdev = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > -LICENSE:${PN}-doc = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN}-doc = "PD & GPL-2.0-or-later" > LICENSE:${PN}-dbg = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > LICENSE:${PN}-locale = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > LICENSE:liblzma = "PD" > -- > 2.25.1 > I'm not a copyright lawyer, but from what I understand public domain is not a licence. For a discussion see https://wiki.spdx.org/view/Legal_Team/Decisions/Dealing_with_Public_Domain_within_SPDX_Files The next version of xz will be 0BSD so the statement will change too. Regards, Marta >
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