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

[Andre McCurdy]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
> On 7 July 2015 at 21:09, akuster808 <akuster808 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> which recipe? 2.7.1 / 3.1 or both?
>>
>> - armin
>> ( sucks at this licensing stuff)
>
>
> So: 2.7.1 is "LGPL" (v2).
>
> 3.1.1 is GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+.
>
> An "interesting" choice to say the least. Because the v2 bit is not L, I'm
> wondering if we will need to keep both versions.  But a 3.1.1 recipe with
> GPLv2+ *or* LGPLv3+ would be a good start.

I'd vote YES to keeping the LGPLv2 version available.

GPL libraries are normally off limits for closed source apps, so the
new licensing options would be a problem for anyone with a proprietary
application using nettle in a distro which can't use [L]GPLv3. (I'm in
that category...).

> Ross
>
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