Re: [Libguestfs] hivex: Copyright license(s)
On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 04:24:37PM +0100, TJ wrote:
I note that LICENSES and README state LGPL v2.1 but there are other
files with other licenses, most obviously many shell script files such
as:
regedit/hivexregedit
sh/example*
Also some Makefiles:
perl/Makefile.am
sh/Makefile.am
...etc...
find . -type f | while read filename; \
do if grep -iqs 'general public license' $filename; then \
if grep -viqs 'lesser' $filename; then \
echo $filename; \
fi; fi; done | wc -l
223
Many of those 223 instances of 'general public license' without 'lesser'
are from the build tools but there remain a significant number that
appear to be project-specific.
Ignoring stuff in Gnulib which is under all sorts of licenses, the
license for hivex itself is:
* LGPL v2.1 only for all "library" bits (C library, Perl bindings etc)
* GPL v2 or at your option any later version for all programs (like
hivexsh) and for build scripts (Makefiles, generator etc)
* Examples should be public domain, but I notice they're not, which is
a bug.
Is this a simple oversight or are the package contents actually
subject
to both LGPL and GPL? If so, should this be reflected in LICENSE and/or
README?
The LICENSE and README talk in general about the library; look at the
top of each file for the specific license.
Rich.
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