[OE-core] [master][zeus][PATCHv2] cairo: Adapt license for cairo-dbg and cairo-src based on contents

Peter Kjellerstedt peter.kjellerstedt at axis.com
Sat Jan 11 03:19:02 UTC 2020


> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-core-
> bounces at lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Ross Burton
> Sent: den 11 januari 2020 00:28
> To: openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [master][zeus][PATCHv2] cairo: Adapt license for
> cairo-dbg and cairo-src based on contents
> 
> On 10/01/2020 22:03, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
> > Introduce a PACKAGECONFIG "trace" to disable cairo-trace (the only
> > part of the code licensed as GPL-3.0, and which is normally packaged
> > separately in cairo-perf-utils). By disabling this, we can adapt the
> > licenses for cairo-dbg and cairo-src so that they do not include
> > "GPLv3+" when trace is disabled and thus they can be used also when,
> > e.g., GPL-3.0 is blacklisted in INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE.
> 
> The shortlog makes no mention of trace at all.  Can this be split into
> two commits, one for trace and one for the license mangling.

I will split it in two patches.

> The license mangling is quite ugly but I'm not sure if there's a better
> solution...
> 
> Ross

//Peter



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