Re: [PATCH] ceph.spec.in: Fix license to GPL-2.0 and use SPDX format

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On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Holger Macht wrote:
> Minor spec file fix. LGPLv2 in spec file is not correct, because some of
> the included packages/binaries are GPLv2. For example:
> 
>  src/os/btrfs_ioctl.h -> package ceph, binary ceph-osd

My understanding is that including a header file (in this case, to get the 
ioctl number) does not create a derivative work.  Is that incorrect?

>  src/mount/mtab.c     -> package ceph, binary mount.ceph
>  src/common/fiemap.cc -> package ceph, binary rbd
> 
> Also use SPDX format: http://www.spdx.org/licenses
> 
> Signed-off-by: Holger Macht <hmacht@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  ceph.spec.in |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ceph.spec.in b/ceph.spec.in
> index 81e7040..3b3026d 100644
> --- a/ceph.spec.in
> +++ b/ceph.spec.in
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Name:		ceph
>  Version:	@VERSION@
>  Release:	6%{?dist}
>  Summary:	User space components of the Ceph file system
> -License:	LGPLv2
> +License:	GPL-2.0

So this is effectively the most restrictive license in the package?

Thanks-
sage

>  Group:		System Environment/Base
>  URL:		http://ceph.newdream.net/
>  Source0:	http://ceph.newdream.net/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
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> 1.7.9.5
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