From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: nils.carlson@ericsson.com (Nils Carlson) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:21:09 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [ltt-dev] lttng-ust: Inconsistent license info in manual and source code? In-Reply-To: <1865303E0DED764181A9D882DEF65FB65DD2812229@shsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com> References: <1865303E0DED764181A9D882DEF65FB6521EDABC07@shsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com> <4C64C25D.6000601@polymtl.ca> <1865303E0DED764181A9D882DEF65FB6521EDABC08@shsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com> <1865303E0DED764181A9D882DEF65FB65DD2812229@shsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 30 Sep 2010, Cui, Dexuan wrote: > Cui, Dexuan wrote: >> Pierre-Marc Fournier wrote: >>> On 08/12/2010 11:51 PM, Cui, Dexuan wrote: >>>> Hi, in the latest release 0.5 of lttng-ust >>>> (http://lttng.org/files/ust/releases/ust-0.5.tar.gz), I found in the >>>> source directory, doc/manual/ust.html says ustctl/libustcmd/ustd are >>>> licensed as GPL v2, but the source codes of ustctl/libustcmd/ustd >>>> have a LGPLv2.1+ header. I checked >>>> git://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca/git/ust.git and it has the same issue. >>>> >>>> Could somebody please clarify the inconsistency? Thanks! >>> >>> The licenses in the file have priority. The manual needs to be >>> updated. >>> >>> pmf >> >> Thanks a lot for the quick clarification! :-) > > Hi, today I checked the release of 0.7 and the latest's ust.git. Looks this inconsistency in manual and source cde is still there? > Do we have a plan to fix it? > > And, the COPYING only mentions "GPLv2 or any later version", but doesn't mention LGPL at all. > And, the files in ust.git/snprintf/ has a BSD license header. > So, what's the "overall" license of lttng-ust -- "LGPL2.1+ & BSD"? > LPGPL2.1 for the library parts. LGPL is more restrictive than BSD so only the specifically BSD licensed parts may be used under a BSD license. I can try to fix the license text in the coming release. /Nils > Could you please clarify my questions? Thanks very much! > > Thanks, > -- Dexuan > > _______________________________________________ > ltt-dev mailing list > ltt-dev at lists.casi.polymtl.ca > http://lists.casi.polymtl.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ltt-dev >