[OE-core] [PATCH] elfutils: update LICENSE to include GPLv2 for shared libraries

[Mikko.Rapeli at bmw.de]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 12:48:40PM +0300, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> NEWS file in the sources says this about switch from GPLv2 to
> GPLv3 license:
> 
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;h=5a06047f255e3c9a63828953759fd18a4ba9a3f3;hb=HEAD#l362
> 
>  362 The license is now GPLv2/LGPLv3+ for the libraries and GPLv3+ for stand-alone
>  363 programs. There is now also a formal CONTRIBUTING document describing how to
>  364 submit patches.
> 
> libasm, libdw and libelf are thus covered optionally by GPLv2 license.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli at bmw.de>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb
> index b0b9ddc..6d1279a 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.175.bb
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  SUMMARY = "Utilities and libraries for handling compiled object files"
>  HOMEPAGE = "https://sourceware.org/elfutils"
>  SECTION = "base"
> -LICENSE = "(GPLv3 & Elfutils-Exception)"
> +LICENSE = "(GPLv2 & LGPLv3+ & GPLv3+ & Elfutils-Exception)"

Can anyone find the Elfutils-Exception in current 0.175 or sumo 0.170 sources?

Debian is also listing libraries with GPLv2+ | LGPLv3+ and executables
with GPLv3+ in

https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/e/elfutils/copyright-0.176-1

Should I also drop the Elfutils-Exception?

-Mikko

>  LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
>  DEPENDS = "libtool bzip2 zlib virtual/libintl"
>  DEPENDS_append_libc-musl = " argp-standalone fts "
> @@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
>  
>  # Package utilities separately
>  PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-binutils libelf libasm libdw"
> +
> +# shared libraries are licensed GPLv2 or GPLv3+, binaries GPLv3+
> +# according to NEWS file:
> +# "The license is now GPLv2/LGPLv3+ for the libraries and GPLv3+ for stand-alone
> +# programs. There is now also a formal CONTRIBUTING document describing how to
> +# submit patches."
> +LICENSE_${PN}-binutils = "GPLv3+"
> +LICENSE_${PN} = "GPLv3+"
> +LICENSE_libelf = "GPLv2 | LGPLv3+"
> +LICENSE_libasm = "GPLv2 | LGPLv3+"
> +LICENSE_libdw = "GPLv2 | LGPLv3+"
> +
>  FILES_${PN}-binutils = "\
>      ${bindir}/eu-addr2line \
>      ${bindir}/eu-ld \
> -- 
> 1.9.1