[OE-core] [PATCH 7/8] OECore license fixes: meta/*

[Flanagan, Elizabeth]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Phil Blundell <philb at gnu.org> wrote:
>
> This (and the corresponding change to busybox) doesn't seem quite right.
> Although it is true that the bzip2 licence does have four clauses and is
> approximately BSD-ish, these four clauses are not actually the same as
> the ones in the traditional 4-clause BSD licence.

That's correct, thanks for the catch. When I was going through these,
I relied on a lot on what others had listed the package as. OBS lists
it as BSD (3 clause I believe). Gentoo lists it as bzip2.
I dislike having singular licenses but in this case, due to clause 2
and 3, the correct path here is to change it back to bzip2, add the
bzip2 text to the license directory and then email the bzip2
developers and ask them if BSD-4-clause is appropriate or not. I'll do
that today.

-b

>
> The four clauses that the bzip2 licence actually has are (to quote
> LICENSE):
>
> 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>
> 2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must
>    not claim that you wrote the original software.  If you use this
>    software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
>    documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
>
> 3. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must
>    not be misrepresented as being the original software.
>
> 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
>    products derived from this software without specific prior written
>    permission.
>
> Whereas, the four clauses from the original BSD are:
>
> 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>
> 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
>    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
>
> 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
>    must display the following acknowledgement:
>    This product includes software developed by the <organization>.
>
> 4. Neither the name of the <organization> nor the
>    names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
>    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
>
> Clauses 1 and 4 are clearly the same thing (or very nearly identical)
> but clauses 2 and 3 are significantly different in both wording and
> intent.  In particular the bzip2 license contains no equivalent to the
> objectionable "advertising clause".
>
> p.
>
>
>
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Elizabeth Flanagan
Yocto Project
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