[oe] [meta-oe] python-mysqldb: import from OE classic, update to 1.2.3

[Peter Bigot]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:
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> Op 31-12-11 18:32, Peter A. Bigot schreef:
>> From: "Peter A. Bigot" <bigotp at acm.org>
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>> +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-mysqldb_1.2.3.bb @@ -0,0
>> +1,24 @@ +DESCRIPTION = "Python interface to MySQL" +HOMEPAGE =
>> "http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/" +SECTION =
>> "devel/python" +# "GPL or the original license based on Python 1.5.2's
>> license" +LICENSE = "GPL"
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> That really needs a version specifier for the GPL version.

I agree in theory, but what I quoted is what the author provided in
the README.  It's characterized as an unqualified "GPL" on SourceForge
and the Python Package Index.  There is no COPYING file in the
distribution, hence my use of the README as the license file.  I note
there are several dozen other recipes in meta-openembedded and
openembedded-core that have the same unqualified GPL license.

Digging a little more, the only further source of guidance is _mysql.c
which has the following text in a header comment.  If  we assume the
other files are the same, I can update LICENSE to be GPLv2+.  The
alternative appears to be an HPND equivalent; I don't know how to
represent that, as I can't find any recipes that reference it.

How do you want this resolved?

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