Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:22:59 +0100 | From | Domenico Andreoli <> | Subject | Re: Licensing of include/linux/hash.h |
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:08:32AM +0100, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: > On 1/23/19 9:50 AM, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > > Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> writes: > >> Domenico Andreoli <cavok@debian.org> writes:
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> >>> the only knot left is now the license of hash.h > >>> > >>> This file is also present in the kernel [0] with an updated copyright > >>> but still without license.
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> >> To know that work (that file) is free software, we need a clear grant of > >> some specific license, for that work. > >> > >> If the work is not free, it would be incorrect to have the work in Debian. > > > > Is it possible that for the kernel it is instead correct because it is, > > as whole, covered by its COPYING? > > > >> Alternatives, for complying with the Debian Free Software Guidelines with > >> this package, include: > >> > >> * Find a credible grant of license under some GPL-compatible free > >> license to that exact file. Document that explicit grant in the Debian > >> package. This demonstrates the work is DFSG-free. > >> > >> * Convince ???dwarves-dfsg??? upstream to replace that file with a different > >> implementation (I don't know whether such an implementation exists) > >> under a license compatible with the same version of GNU GPL. Document > >> that explicit grant in the Debian package. This demonstrates the > >> modified work is DFSG-free. > >> > >> * Replace that file in Debian only, with a different implementation as > >> above. Document that explicit grant in the Debian package. This > >> demonstrates the modified Debian package is DFSG-free. > >> > >> * Move the work to the ???non-free??? area. > >> > >> * Remove the work altogether. > >> > >> Those are in descending order of (my recommended) preference.
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> It was [pointed out] by one of our license group that [hash.h] is the > same that has a GPL-2+ in [fio] which has a signed-off-by. > > References: > [pointed out] > https://bugs.gentoo.org/677586#c1 > > [hash.h] > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio.git/commit/hash.h?id=bdc7211e190482f0c17c109a0d90834a6611be1c
Yes, the Signed-off-by is from Jens Axboe (in CC) but he's not the original author, I guess he just copied the file as Arnaldo did. The file he committed has not any reference to the license.
> [fio] > https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/f/fio/fio_3.12-2_copyright
I'm afraid that this entry in wrong. I'll seek confirmation with Martin Steigerwald.
Regards, Domenico
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