On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 5:22 PM Thomas Jarosch
<thomas.jarosch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Yegor,
>
> You wrote on Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 02:09:24PM +0200:
> > > > some files in libftdi mention additional licenses: src/ftdi_stream.c
> > > > (MIT), cmake/UseLibFTDI1.cmake (LGPL 2.1) etc.
> > > >
> > > > Could you reflect all this in the LICENSE file like dropbear does [1]?
> > > >
> > > > It would be also great if the project can provide a file containing
> > > > all copyright information that is needed for a FOSS compliance
> > > > (attribution).
> > > >
> > > > Have you already used such tools as FOSSology [2] or scancode [3]?
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/LICENSE
> > > > [2] https://www.fossology.org/
> > > > [3] https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit
> > >
> > > See our discussion on the BR mailing list:
> > > http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2019-May/251173.html
> > >
> > > FYI: https://spdx.org/ids-how
> >
> > FYI: I have found this really interesting paper about license
> > compliance for FOSS projects [1]. In the light of [2] FOSS compliance
> > is getting more and more important. And for now it means a lot of
> > manual work :-(
> >
> > [1]
> > https://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/2018/03/license-scanning-compliance-programs-foss-projects/
> > [2]
> > https://opensource.com/article/17/8/patrick-mchardy-and-copyright-profiteering
>
> thanks for the links! This is something that needs addressing in the long run,
> so far I still have "putting out a new release at all" on my TODO list ^^
>
> I didn't use any of the mentioned tools myself yet.
>
> Is this something you care about right now and want to work on?
> Or should I just add it to the TODO list?
It is interesting for the future. I'll try to contribute too.
> Regarding license compliance: I recently tried to get the linux kernel
> source code for my Pocketbook ebook reader, it was a PITA.
> You can sometimes be lucky if vendors release source code at all.
I think it depends on the country this device is sold as also whether
you want to take legal steps :-)
Yegor
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