[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 0/7] qt5 bump to 5.8.0-rc

[Andreas Naumann]

Hi,

Am 13.12.2016 um 17:22 schrieb Thomas Petazzoni:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:15:37 +0100, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>
>> Related to that - With the move to GPLv3, should we keep v5.6 around
>> next to v5.8 for a while (as a version selection or separate packages)?
>>
>> Maintaining both is not really nice, but GPLv3 is an issue for some
>> people/companies.
>
> I agree that this license change can be an issue for some
> people/companies. However, for them, staying on Qt 5.6 is no a viable
> solution long term either, right.
>
> Also, do we do this for Samba ? For gcc ? For the myriad of other
> projects that moved to GPLv3 ?
>
> Isn't it going to be a pain to maintain both versions in parallel? A
> Config.in choice doesn't get randomized on our autobuilders, so the
> older version would never be tested.
>
> So I'm not particularly thrilled with supporting both versions :/

I agree. If its really an issue, maybe the effort is better spent 
maintaining an older buildroot version which provides more packages with 
non-GPLv3 options?

However, as for the tivoization and other issues, my conception was that 
GPLv3 didnt change much, but is more explicit about it. So in effect, if 
a particular usage would violate GPLv3, would it not most likely also 
violate earlier versions? Seems just as risky to me, but I know next to 
nothing in law things...


regards,
Andreas



>
> Thomas
>