[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] i2c-tools: include LGPL-2.1+ license for libi2c

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Fri Aug 24 04:25:27 UTC 2018


Hi Brad,

Brad Love writes:
> Extend i2c-tools SPDX identifiers to include the library license.
>
> The ic2-tools readme states:
>
> LICENSE
>
> Check the documentation of individual tools for licensing information.
> The library is released under the LGPL version 2.1 or later, while most
> tools are released under the GPL version 2 or later, but there are a few
> exceptions.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Brad Love <brad at nextdimension.cc>
> ---
>  package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk b/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
> index db26647..a346698 100644
> --- a/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
> +++ b/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>  I2C_TOOLS_VERSION = 4.0
>  I2C_TOOLS_SOURCE = i2c-tools-$(I2C_TOOLS_VERSION).tar.xz
>  I2C_TOOLS_SITE = https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/i2c-tools
> -I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, GPL-2.0 (py-smbus)
> +I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, GPL-2.0 (py-smbus), LGPL-2.1+ (libi2c)
>  I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING

Please add COPYING.LGPL here as well. And while you are at it, I think
adding README would also be good.

>  I2C_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS = EXTRA=eeprog

baruch

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