[OE-core] [PATCH] elfutils: remove Elfutils-Exception and include GPLv2 for shared libraries

Wed May 15 10:59:46 UTC 2019

Hi,

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 12:53:44PM +0200, Martin Jansa wrote:
> Can we restore meta/files/common-licenses/Elfutils-Exception in oe-core to
> be used by meta-gplv2 version:
> 
> recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.148.bb:LICENSE = "(GPL-2+ &
> Elfutils-Exception)"
> causing:
> do_rootfs: The license listed Elfutils-Exception was not in the licenses
> collected for recipe elfutils
> 
> or should I send patch for meta-gplv2 to restore it there together with
> another LICENSE_PATH += "${LAYERDIR}/licenses"?

I would do the latter and add the license to meta-gplv2.

-Mikko

> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 6:01 PM Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli at bmw.de> wrote:
> 
> > Elfutils-Exception no longer exists after upstream release 0.154
> > and commit:
> >
> > commit de2ed97f33139af5c7a0811e4ec66fc896a13cf2
> > Author: Mark Wielaard <mjw at redhat.com>
> > Date:   Tue Jun 5 17:15:16 2012 +0200
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > See also Debian copyright summary for elfutils:
> >
> > https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/e/elfutils/copyright-0.176-1
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli at bmw.de>
> > ---
> >  meta/conf/licenses.conf                          |  2 +-
> >  meta/files/common-licenses/Elfutils-Exception    | 12 ------------
> >  meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.176.bb | 14 +++++++++++++-
> >  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >  delete mode 100644 meta/files/common-licenses/Elfutils-Exception
> >
> > v1:
> > http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2019-April/281124.html
> >
> > v2:
> > http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2019-April/281127.html
> >  * removed Elfutils-Exception
> >
> > v3:
> > http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2019-April/281137.html
> >  * rebase to latest master branch with elfutils 0.176
> >
> > v4:
> >  * fixed typo in comment; GPLv3+ -> LGPLv3+
> >  * update commit message Debian copyright URL to same 0.176 version
> >
> > diff --git a/meta/conf/licenses.conf b/meta/conf/licenses.conf
> > index 1058084..7b01c57 100644
> > --- a/meta/conf/licenses.conf
> > +++ b/meta/conf/licenses.conf
> > @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "CC-BY-SA-1.0 CC-BY-SA-2.0
> > CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0
> >  SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "CDDL-1.0 CECILL-1.0 CECILL-2.0 CECILL-B
> > CECILL-C"
> >  SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "ClArtistic CPAL-1.0 CPL-1.0 CUA-OPL-1.0 DSSSL"
> >  SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "ECL-1.0 ECL-2.0 eCos-2.0 EDL-1.0 EFL-1.0
> > EFL-2.0"
> > -SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "Elfutils-Exception Entessa EPL-1.0 EPL-2.0
> > ErlPL-1.1"
> > +SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "Entessa EPL-1.0 EPL-2.0 ErlPL-1.1"
> >  SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "EUDatagrid EUPL-1.0 EUPL-1.1 Fair
> > Frameworx-1.0"
> >  SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "FreeType GFDL-1.1 GFDL-1.2 GFDL-1.3 GPL-1.0"
> >  SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES += "GPL-2.0 GPL-2.0-with-autoconf-exception"
> > diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/Elfutils-Exception
> > b/meta/files/common-licenses/Elfutils-Exception
> > deleted file mode 100644
> > index 627d769..0000000
> > --- a/meta/files/common-licenses/Elfutils-Exception
> > +++ /dev/null
> > @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> > -   This file describes the limits of the Exception under which you are
> > allowed
> > -   to distribute Non-GPL Code in linked combination with Red Hat elfutils.
> > -   For the full text of the license, please see one of the header files
> > -   included with the source distribution or the file COPYING found in the
> > -   top level directory of the source.
> > -
> > -   The Approved Interfaces are the functions declared in the files:
> > -
> > -   libelf.h
> > -   libdw.h
> > -   libdwfl.h
> > -
> > diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.176.bb
> > b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.176.bb
> > index fd901c9..4602544 100644
> > --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.176.bb
> > +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.176.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+"
> >  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 =+ "${PN}-binutils libelf libasm libdw"
> > +
> > +# shared libraries are licensed GPLv2 or LGPLv3+, binaries GPLv3+
> > +# according to NEWS file:
> > +# "The license is now GPLv2/LGPLv3+ for the libraries and GPLv3+ for
> > stand-alone
> > +# programs. There is now also a formal CONTRIBUTING document describing
> > how to
> > +# submit patches."
> > +LICENSE_${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
> >
> > --
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