[OE-core] [PATCH] util-linux: Update License Information (remove GPLv3 Licnese)

[Khem Raj]

On Mar 17, 2013, at 2:16 AM, Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 22:03 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On Mar 15, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Saul Wold <sgw at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The upstream authors have updated the licenses of a couple subcomponents,
>>> these were GPLv3, but updated to be either GPLv2 or LGPLv2.1 accordingly.
>>> These changes make the util-linux package become completely non-GPLv3.
>> 
>> Is it possible to demote license from V3 to V2 like that  I wonder
> 
> The maintainer sought out approval from the copyright holders so yes.
> The more people who've changed the files in question, the harder it
> becomes.

OK that makes sense.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
>