[Buildroot] [PATCH 32/33] rrdtool: add license info

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 22/11/12 11:07, Samuel Martin wrote:
> Hi Baruch, all,
>
> 2012/11/22 Baruch Siach<baruch at tkos.co.il>:
> > Hi Samuel,
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 01:18:22AM +0100, Samuel Martin wrote:
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin<s.martin49 at gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >>   package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk | 3 +++
> >>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk b/package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk
> >> index 8799a85..4392b50 100644
> >> --- a/package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk
> >> +++ b/package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk
> >> @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
> >>
> >>   RRDTOOL_VERSION = 1.2.30
> >>   RRDTOOL_SITE = http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub
> >> +RRDTOOL_LICENSE = GPLv2+ with FLOSS license exceptions as explained in COPYRIGHT
> >> +RRDTOOL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
> >
> > Shouldn't COPYRIGHT also be listed with the license files?
> The Copyright file just tells us "wrt the license, you can do that and
> that, but not that with this software",
> with some real use case.
>
> Shall we consider as part of the license files?

  Since you refer to it in the RRDTOOL_LICENSE, yes the COPYRIGHT file
should be included.

  Note that "GPLv2+ with exceptions" is probably enough, since the
user should anyway look at COPYRIGHT to find out the details.

  Regards,
  Arnout
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