[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] nettle: update package to 3.1.1 version.

Anders Darander anders at chargestorm.se
Fri Jul 3 07:07:16 UTC 2015


* akuster808 <akuster808 at gmail.com> [150702 19:05]:

> The current version of nettle 2.7 has one file that is GPL v3.
> mini-gmp.*

> so the license for 2.7 should be updated IMHO. So wont that put us in the
> same boat as the upgrade?

Ouch, that's no good!

Ideally, we should look at that file and see for how long it's been part
of nettle. If it's just for a short time, maybe we could go back to a
point in time just prior to the inclusion (or license change) of that
file.

Has it been like this for far too long, well, then we either have to see
what impact this has on non-GPLv3 builds...

One option, depending on the age etc, could be to check if it's possible
to get that single file re-licensed. Short-term, we have to fix the
license and backport that fix to all supported versions that are
affected, even though that might introduce regressions in images around
the world... 

Cheers,
Anders

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Anders Darander
ChargeStorm AB / eStorm AB



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