* Florian Weimer: > * Richard Fontana: > >> On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 7:07 AM Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> We have some assembler code in glibc that is always linked into main >>> programs. The license header of the x86-64 variant looks like this: >>> >>> /* Special .init and .fini section support for x86-64. >>> Copyright (C) 2012-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>> This file is part of the GNU C Library. >>> >>> The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or >>> modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public >>> License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either >>> version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. >>> >>> In addition to the permissions in the GNU Lesser General Public >>> License, the Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited >>> permission to link the compiled version of this file with other >>> programs, and to distribute those programs without any restriction >>> coming from the use of this file. (The GNU Lesser General Public >>> License restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they >>> cover modification of the file, and distribution when not linked >>> into another program.) >>> >>> Note that people who make modified versions of this file are not >>> obligated to grant this special exception for their modified >>> versions; it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU Lesser >>> General Public License gives permission to release a modified >>> version without this exception; this exception also makes it >>> possible to release a modified version which carries forward this >>> exception. >>> >>> The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, >>> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of >>> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU >>> Lesser General Public License for more details. >>> >>> You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public >>> License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see >>> <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ >>> >>> Is this “LGPL-2.1-or-later WITH GCC-exception-2.0”? >> >> GCC-exception-2.0 is currently defined here: >> https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/main/src/exceptions/GCC-exception-2.0.xml >> >> So I think not. > > Why? Because it does not have the “Lesser” alternative shading? > > Or because this paragraph is missing? > > | Note that people who make modified versions of this file are not > | obligated to grant this special exception for their modified > | versions; it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU Lesser > | General Public License gives permission to release a modified > | version without this exception; this exception also makes it > | possible to release a modified version which carries forward this > | exception. > > Should I file a ticket with SPDX? Ping? This is one blocker for the conversion of the glibc spec file to SPDX. Thanks, Florian _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
