Re: [ima-evm-utils: PATCH v2 1/1] Change license to LGPL-2.0-or-later and GPL-2.0-or-later

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On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 05:07:24PM +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.
> 
> This patch includes all acks received so far.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Vitaly Chikunov <vt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Ken Goldman <kgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: George Wilson <gcwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Tergel Myanganbayar <tergelmyanganbayar2024@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: André Draszik <git@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Frank Sorenson <sorenson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

I misread this and thought you were just trying to change the license of the
library, in which case you wouldn't need my ack.  It's worth emphasizing in the
subject line and first paragraph that you're trying to change the whole
project's license.

- Eric




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