| Message ID | 20260925133929.1991-2-mark.jonas@de.bosch.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | libgpiod: detail package licensing | expand |
On Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:39:28 +0200, "Mark Jonas via lists.openembedded.org" <mark.jonas=de.bosch.com@lists.openembedded.org> said: > From: Ricardo Simoes <ricardo.simoes@pt.bosch.com> > > libgpiod 2.x has more complex licensing than its 1.x counterpart, with > multiple licenses applying to different parts of the project. Because > the recipe has no per-package LICENSE statement, a user installing just > the library (LGPL-2.1-or-later) might be led to believe it is also > subject to GPL-2.0-or-later and the other aggregate licenses, which do > not apply to that package. > > Thus, to make it clear which licenses apply to which parts of the > project, split the recipe-wide LICENSE into per-package values so that > each generated package reports its actual license instead of the > aggregate expression. > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Simoes <ricardo.simoes@pt.bosch.com> > Signed-off-by: Mark Jonas <mark.jonas@de.bosch.com> > --- Thanks for doing this! > meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb | 11 +++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb > index b3cb33ac89..977405c2fc 100644 > --- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb > +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb > @@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ require libgpiod.inc > inherit meson systemd update-rc.d useradd gobject-introspection > > LICENSE = "CC-BY-SA-4.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN} = "LGPL-2.1-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN}-cli = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN}-gpiosim = "LGPL-2.1-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN}-glib = "LGPL-2.1-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN}-manager = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > +LICENSE:${PN}-manager-cfg = "CC-BY-SA-4.0" > +LICENSE:${PN}-tools = "GPL-2.0-or-later" > +LICENSE:libgpiodbus = "GPL-2.0-or-later" Ugh, this is a mistake on my part. The libgpiodbus library should be licensed under LGPL-v2.1 like all the other shared libraries in the project. I'll send a patch. In any case: Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com> Bart
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb index b3cb33ac89..977405c2fc 100644 --- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.3.1.bb @@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ require libgpiod.inc inherit meson systemd update-rc.d useradd gobject-introspection LICENSE = "CC-BY-SA-4.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later" +LICENSE:${PN} = "LGPL-2.1-or-later" +LICENSE:${PN}-cli = "GPL-2.0-or-later" +LICENSE:${PN}-gpiosim = "LGPL-2.1-or-later" +LICENSE:${PN}-glib = "LGPL-2.1-or-later" +LICENSE:${PN}-manager = "GPL-2.0-or-later" +LICENSE:${PN}-manager-cfg = "CC-BY-SA-4.0" +LICENSE:${PN}-tools = "GPL-2.0-or-later" +LICENSE:libgpiodbus = "GPL-2.0-or-later" +LICENSE:libgpiodcxx = "LGPL-2.1-or-later" +LICENSE:libgpiotools = "LGPL-2.1-or-later" + LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \ file://LICENSES/GPL-2.0-or-later.txt;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \ file://LICENSES/LGPL-2.1-or-later.txt;md5=4b54a1fd55a448865a0b32d41598759d \