[oe] libcdaudio license issue
Scott Garman
sgarman at zenlinux.com
Tue Dec 7 22:03:11 UTC 2010
On 12/06/2010 11:48 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
> I was checking libcdaudio for LICENSE info.
> recipe says GPL
> COPYING file is the GPLv2 one
> README file says:
>
> libcdaudio is distributed under the GNU Library General Public
> License, included in this package under the top level source directory
> in the file COPYING
>
> C files also mention LGPL. but say v2 or later
>
> What to do with this in the LICENSE field? LGPLv2+ ?
Like others I agree with going with what the source files have in them.
Maybe this is obvious, but since I don't think anyone else has mentioned
it, I think it would also be helpful to notify the upstream folks about
this ambiguity so they can correct it.
Regards,
Scott
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Scott Garman
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