Re: [ima-evm-utils: PATCH v1 1/1] Change license to LGPL-2.0-or-later and GPL-2.0-or-later

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On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:18 AM Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:11:34AM +0200, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> > Currently libimaevm provided by this project is used by the tool evmctl,
> > which is also provided by this project.
> >
> > An issue was reported about using libimaevm with other software. Its
> > GPL2-only license makes it incompatible to use with other licenses, in
> > particular GPL3-only.
> >
> > To address this issue, change the project license to GPL-2.0-or-later
> > and libimaevm to LGPL 2.0 or later.
>
> I'm completely supportive of this, but do you need explicit permission
> from every copyright holder? I don't think I have any code in the
> library, but if I did it probably technically belongs to a former
> employer and I'd need to figure out who's still employed in the relevant
> office to get them to agree.

git whatchanged  --author mjg59@xxxxxxxxxx

It gives the tool only: evmctl.c

I am not sure actually if this requires permission from every copyright holder.
We thought of CC to everyone in the git log.

-Dmitry





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