Re: [libgpiod][PATCH 11/11] bindings: python: extend setup.py

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 3:09 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 01:42:31PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add additional information to setup.py. This will be visible in the EGG
> > file.
>
> ...
>
> >      packages=find_packages(include=["gpiod"]),
> >      ext_modules=extensions,
> >      version=__version__,
> > +    author="Bartosz Golaszewski",
> > +    author_email="brgl@xxxxxxxx",
> > +    description="Python bindings for libgpiod",
> > +    platforms=["linux"],
>
> > +    license="LGPLv2.1",
>
> Is it applicable to the bindings only? I am not familiar with the code base,
> but one of the patches in this series makes me wonder if you are not going to
> make same mistake by licensing tools, if any written in pure Python, with a
> wrong license.
>

Every file has its own SPDX identifier that takes precedence anyway.
The module is licensed under LGPLv2.1. The tests and examples are
under GPLv2. The setup.py applies to the importable library so
LGPLv2.1 sounds good to me.

Bart