[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/4] libfm-extra: new package

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Wed Dec 10 21:31:29 UTC 2014


Dear Yann E. MORIN,

On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 22:28:21 +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:

> Yes, the GPL gobbles up the LGPL, because of its stronger requirements.
> But licensing wise, they are both applicable licenses.
> 
> Even worse in this case, the resulting combination is probably just
> LGPLv2.1+, since the only compiled file is LGPLv2.1+.

Ah, indeed if the only compiled files are LGPLv2.1+, then the
<pkg>_LICENSE should state that, because it's quite important. Usually
something like LGPLv2.1+ (library), GPLv2+ (<some other stuff>).

Thomas
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