[procps] Re: Incorrect FSF address in the license files
- From: Craig Small <csmall-procps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: procps@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:56:16 +1100
On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:39:39AM -0500, Jaromir Capik wrote:
> I'm sorry to tell you that procps-ng did NOT pass
> the Fedora review process. It's because of licensing issues
> I didn't notice when I was checking the headers.
This is nothing new. That bit of the files has been like that
for ever.
sysctl and pgrep are GPL 2+
The rest is LGPL 2.1+
> Guys, could you please quickly look inside and tell me
> if it is possible to convert these files to one of
> the licenses contained in the COPYING / COPYING.LIB
> by altering the file header?
That should not be too hard, it would basically make explicit what
everything is licensed under anyhow.
- Craig
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