[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/2] package/physfs: new package

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sun Mar 5 21:37:49 UTC 2017


Hello,

On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 22:14:02 +0100, Romain Naour wrote:
> > zlib license (physfs), LGPv2.1+ or CPL or special license (lzma)
> > 
> >  ?  
> 
> It seems some files are under public domain when the special license is used.
> 
> SPECIAL EXCEPTION #3: Igor Pavlov, as the author of this code, expressly permits
> you to use code of the following files:
> BranchTypes.h, LzmaTypes.h, LzmaTest.c, LzmaStateTest.c, LzmaAlone.cpp,
> LzmaAlone.cs, LzmaAlone.java
> as public domain code.
> 
> Maybe "special license" is enough ?

My understanding of lzma.txt is that you really have the choice between
those different licensing options, so I believe encoding all of them in
<pkg>_LICENSE is probably better.

Cc'ing Arnout and Yann to get their insight.

Thomas
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